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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, to what charge do civilians who burn bridges typically plead guilty?
(a) Bridge burning.
(b) Violating the laws of war.
(c) Civil unrest.
(d) Inciting a riot.

2. Which book of John A. Marshall's is well read among Lincoln's critics?
(a) The American Bastile.
(b) Low Tide for Liberty.
(c) The Merryman.
(d) The Prisoner of State.

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

4. What war time legal practice is revived due to the rise of guerilla warfare in America?
(a) Hangings.
(b) Seizure of property.
(c) Execution squads.
(d) Military commissions.

5. According to Lincoln, why are multiple arrests made in Maryland in Chapter 1?
(a) To prevent unrest and preserve the Union.
(b) To silence political dissenters.
(c) To break up a ring of Confederate spies.
(d) To undermine an assassination plot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Nathaniel Bachelder arrested in Chapter 3?

3. Why are judges still issuing writs of habeas corpus in Chapter 3?

4. Why does William Seward feel it necessary to suspend the writ of habeas corpus?

5. Which newspaper does Chauncey Burr publish in Chapter 3?

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