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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Andrew D. Duff predict President Lincoln will not allow in November of 1864?
(a) Voting.
(b) Travel.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Public assemblies.

2. In Chapter 6, what are the primary reasons for most arrests of Northern citizens?
(a) Contraband trading, desertion, and draft dodging.
(b) Theft and looting.
(c) White collar crimes.
(d) Freedom of speech and civil liberty issues.

3. What is the Old Capitol prison?
(a) A place where military tortures were carried out.
(b) A prison for spies and murderers.
(c) A prison for Union deserters.
(d) A prison for captured Confederates and civilian political prisoners.

4. How does Dennis A. Mahony secure his release?
(a) He writes and publishes articles about prision life.
(b) His lawyer threatens to take the Union general to court.
(c) He swears an oath of loyalty to the Union.
(d) He bribes the warden.

5. Which Democratic supporter gives a speech during the 1864 campaigns claiming that emancipation will make postwar reunion difficult?
(a) Clement Vallandingham.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) George B. McClellan.
(d) Horatio Seymour.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which 20th century historian depicts Lincoln as a merciful humanitarian caught in between preserving the Union and violating civil rights?

3. Which politician quotes Lord Coke by saying, "Where courts of law are open, martial law cannot be executed"?

4. Who is Edwin M. Stanton?

5. Who is the presidential nominee for the Democratic party in 1864?

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