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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to President Lincoln, why would many civilian detainees have been in prison even with the right of habeas corpus?
(a) The guilty are proven guilty.
(b) Friction and abrasion accompany war.
(c) Providence judges the unjust.
(d) Innocence is easily determined.

2. According to the New York Tribune, what percentage of military arrests are unjustified?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 35 percent.
(d) 90 percent.

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

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

5. How does Maryland protest the military arrest of citizens?
(a) By burning bridges.
(b) By marching a group of women and children to the White House.
(c) With satirical songs and pamphlets.
(d) By destroying railroads.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which famous church is raided and looted by Union troops in 1861?

3. Who runs against Lincoln in the 1864 election?

4. In Chapter 6, which Anti-Lincoln historian is accused of exaggerating partisan abuse and political exploitation?

5. Why is district attorney Ezra B. Chase arrested in Chapter 3?

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