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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which legitimate sailors are sometimes mistaken for blockade-runners?
(a) Licensed oystermen.
(b) Canadian sailors.
(c) Union naval sailors.
(d) Crab fishers.

2. What does the War Department and General E. R. S. Camby declare the Banshee?
(a) An agent of the Confederacy.
(b) A foreign agent.
(c) Property of the Confederacy.
(d) Property of the Union.

3. Which ship captures the Banshee in 1863?
(a) The CSS Merrimac.
(b) The USS Fulton.
(c) The USS Monitor.
(d) The CSS Alabama.

4. According to Lincoln, whom does the constitution give the power to declare war?
(a) The President.
(b) Congress.
(c) The Commander in Chief of the U.S. armed forces.
(d) The people.

5. What is the significance of Ex parte Milligan?
(a) It recognizes the effect blockades have on local commerce.
(b) It sets precedent for military remuneration.
(c) It reduces the military's power to conduct civilian trials.
(d) It controls the amount of goods the army can claim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does President Lincoln pardon Wes Brogan?

2. Why does President Lincoln write a letter to Erastus Corning?

3. What concerns does Joseph Holt have about rebel defectors who are found behind Union lines?

4. What sentence does Joseph Holt request for Wes Brogan?

5. Why does Lincoln feel the need to censure John Fremont?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ex parte Milligan.

2. How are pamphlets used by Democrats during the Civil War?

3. Why are modern historians unable to replicate or confirm Colonel F. C. Ainsworth's study?

4. Why is the Banshee declared an agent of the Confederacy?

5. Describe the Dred Scott decision.

6. According to Lincoln, what differentiates his actions from that of a dictator?

7. Who is Wes Bogan?

8. Why does Horatio Seymour quote Lord Coke, by saying, "Where courts of law are open, martial law cannot be executed?"

9. How does Lincoln explain his decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

10. What happens at Pohick Church in 1861?

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