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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision does General John C. Frymont make about Joseph Aubuchon?
(a) He upholds Aubuchon's conviction.
(b) He arrests Aubuchon for interfering in military trials.
(c) He overturns Aubuchon's conviction.
(d) He orders Aubuchon's execution.

2. What decision does Lincoln make on April 27, 1861?
(a) He makes plans to reunite America.
(b) He suspends writ of habeas corpus on rail routes from Philadelphia to Washington.
(c) He decides to send troops into the South.
(d) He announces the Emancipation Proclamation.

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

4. Which newspaper does Chauncey Burr publish in Chapter 3?
(a) The Dubuque "Herald."
(b) The Newark "Evening Journal."
(c) The "Merryman."
(d) The "American Bastile."

5. Which two bills does Congress pass on March 3, 1863?
(a) The Enrollment Act and the Militia Act.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation and General Order 100.
(c) The Habeas Corpus Act and the Enrollment Act.
(d) The Writ Act and the Militia Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested in Chapter 3?

2. Which former U.S. President does Lincoln admire?

3. Why is Chauncey Burr arrested in Chapter 3?

4. How many civilian arrests does William Seward preside over in Chapter 1?

5. What unusual qualities does Henry W. Halleck have in a leader?

(see the answer key)

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