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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does General Grant expel from Tennessee for violating Treasury regulations?
(a) Edward Bates.
(b) Joseph Law.
(c) All Jews.
(d) Confederate bankers.

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

3. Who is Joseph Aubuchon?
(a) A Missouri civilian tried for treason in a military commission.
(b) A Union soldier tried for treason in a military commission.
(c) The District Attorney for Missouri in 1862.
(d) A Confederate soldier tried for treason in a military commission.

4. What does Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles confide in his diary?
(a) He is terrified of revolt from Northern facotry workers.
(b) He never feared revolt from Northern citizens.
(c) He fears the Confederacy might win.
(d) He is concerned about the impact of paid servants on the economy.

5. What is the verdict in Joseph Griffin's case?
(a) Mr. Griffin is awarded damages equaling the cost of his inventory.
(b) Mr. Griffin is jailed for being a Confederate sympathizer.
(c) Captain Wilcox does have the right to arrest Mr. Griffin.
(d) Captain Wilcox does not have the right to arrest Mr. Griffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ulysses S. Grant respond to General Paine's decision to arrest 100 citizens?

2. What decision does Lincoln make on April 27, 1861?

3. What does Peter H. Watson oversee in Chapter 5?

4. What decision does General John C. Frymont make about Joseph Aubuchon?

5. What does General John C. Frymont do in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lincoln admire Andrew Jackson?

2. What is the result of Brigadier General Thomas Ewing's General Order No. 11?

3. How do Union officials react to reports of torture from prisoners of war?

4. How does Lincoln's decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus divide politicians in 1861?

5. How does the War Department combat corruption during the Civil War?

6. Who is Ezra B. Chase?

7. Why does Lincoln suspend the writ of habeas corpus of rail routes from Philadelphia to Washington in April of 1861?

8. Why must President Lincoln explain his decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to Congress?

9. Why do mobs from Baltimore burn bridges in 1861?

10. Why does the War Department seize John N. Eitel in 1865?

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