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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many civilian arrests does William Seward preside over in Chapter 1?
(a) 1,864.
(b) 12.
(c) 12,206.
(d) 864.

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

3. What does Provost Marshal General Bernard G. Farrar declare in light of General Paine's arrests in Chapter 2?
(a) Property does not exist in the absence of law.
(b) Due process is a constitutional and moral right.
(c) Due process is a privilege, not a right.
(d) Non-military personnel are subject to military law during war.

4. Who is Edwin M. Stanton?
(a) The Attorney General.
(b) Lincoln's Secretary of War.
(c) A Brigadier General of the Union Army.
(d) Lincoln's Secretary of State.

5. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested in Chapter 3?
(a) For breaking up a recruitment rally.
(b) For selling alcohol to Union troops.
(c) For discouraging enlistments.
(d) For bringing illegal goods across picket lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of warfare does John Singleton Mosby employ?

2. Which famous case will refer to Samuel Perkins' arguments in 1966?

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

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

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

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