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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Copperheads?
(a) Republicans who oppose the Civil War.
(b) Former Confederates who work for the Union.
(c) Union spies working behind Confederate lines.
(d) Northern Democrats who oppose the Civil War.

2. What type of state is Missouri described as being in Chapter 2?
(a) A loyal state.
(b) A Confederate state.
(c) A rebellious state.
(d) A neutral state.

3. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?
(a) For exercising freedom of expression.
(b) For burning a bridge into St. Louis.
(c) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.
(d) For selling alcohol to Union troops.

4. What does General Order No. 104 request that civilian and military authorities do?
(a) Interfere as little as possible with commerce while capturing draft dodgers.
(b) Place all thieves and blockade runners under arrest.
(c) Report all strangers and suspected derelicts to the Union Army.
(d) Turn in all information about spies and suspicious personnel.

5. What is the result of Brigadier General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11?
(a) Military execution of civilian spies is abolished.
(b) 20,000 citizens are banished from the state of Missouri.
(c) 237 civillians from Missouri are executed by Union soldiers.
(d) 13,433 citizens of Missouri are arrested by Union forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What precedent is set in Joseph Griffin's case?

2. What form of torture is commonly accepted among the administration during the Civil War?

3. Who authored "Elements of International Law and Laws of War"?

4. Who is Hamilton Easter?

5. In Chapter 5, what do some of the men that Watson has arrested offer Charles Dana?

(see the answer key)

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