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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. Which former President is almost arrested for being a Southern sympathizer during the Civil War?

2. What complaint does Joseph G. Knapp send to Edward Bates in Chapter 8?

3. Which state has the most military trials?

4. According to President Lincoln, why would many civilian detainees have been in prison even with the right of habeas corpus?

5. Which country continues to import cotton from the South during the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Mexican-American War influence Lincoln's perception of Constitutional issues?

2. Why are there several discrepancies among the reported number of civilians arrested during the Civil War?

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

4. Why does Francis Lieber recommend trials by military commission in 1864?

5. Why is the Union careful to not offend Great Britain?

6. Describe the Dred Scott decision.

7. How does the Confederate Captain John Wilkinson slip through the blockades multiple times during the Civil War?

8. Describe President Lincoln's letter to Erastus Corning.

9. Describe Ex parte Milligan.

10. How does the USS Niphon capture the Ella and Annie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does Great Britain play in the American Civil War? How do Confederates use international law and their relationship with Great Britain to their advantage? Why is the Union cautious about offending Britain?

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 the Confederacy uses guerilla tactics during the Civil War. How does the Union Army react to these tactics? What legal restrictions prevent the Union Army from combating some of the Confederate's guerilla tactics?

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