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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. What does General Order No. 104 request that civilian and military authorities do?

2. Why does General William S. Harney refuse to release Captain Emmett McDonald?

3. Why is John Merryman arrested in Chapter 1?

4. Whom does Lincoln turn to for advice when Baltimore mobs burn railroad bridges?

5. What order does Ulysses S. Grant give General Philip Sheridan in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does General Grant respond to the guerrilla tactics of John Singleton Mosby?

2. How does Lincoln's decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus divide politicians in 1861?

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

4. Why does General John C. Frymont close the St. Louis "State Journal" and declare martial law?

5. How is guerrilla warfare used in the Civil War?

6. Why does the War Department seize John N. Eitel in 1865?

7. What controversy does General Paine create when he arrests 100 citizens?

8. Describe Henry W. Halleck.

9. What is the result of Brigadier General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11?

10. What is the purpose of John A. Marshall's book, "The American Bastile"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the use of hostage taking and exchange during the Civil War. What is Lincoln's policy on the taking of civilian hostages? How is the seizure and exchange of civilian hostages justified by the Union Army? What standards are set up for the exchange of hostages?

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 the different forms of civil protests used by Lincoln's opponents. How does Lincoln's administration react to these protests and what effect does that reaction have on the original purpose of the protests?

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