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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sets John Eitel's bail in Chapter 5?

2. What is the verdict in Joseph Griffin's case?

3. Which bill, passed in 1863, removes the cracks between military and civilian justice?

4. What do William Seward and George McClelland approve in Chapter 1?

5. What does Attorney General Edward Bates prepare for President Lincoln in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Chauncey Burr?

2. Describe the Militia Act of 1862.

3. What is the purpose of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton's General Order No. 104?

4. How do Union officials react to reports of torture from prisoners of war?

5. How are Jews treated by the Union in Chapter 5?

6. How is the scorched earth policy used during the Civil War?

7. How is the press used by the Confederate supporters in 1864 to create panic in New York?

8. What is the purpose of the Enrollment Act?

9. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?

10. What controversy arises between Peter H. Watson and a Union Senator in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What impact does Ex parte Milligan have on Lincoln's administration? What is the political significance of the case for all American civilians? How does the case affect reconstruction in the South?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of naval warfare during the Civil War. What difficulties arise for the Union in the detention and prosecution of suspected Confederate sailors? How does the Union Navy use the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus to their advantage?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how freedom of speech and freedom of the press are affected during Lincoln's administration. What is the purpose of this particular suppression of civil liberties? If these two rights had not been suppressed during the war, how might the outcome of the war have been affected?

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