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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. What book does Dennis A. Mahony write after his release?
(a) The Merryman.
(b) Low Tide for Liberty.
(c) The American Bastile.
(d) The Prisoner of State.

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

3. Who sets John Eitel's bail in Chapter 5?
(a) President Lincoln.
(b) Edwin M. Stanton.
(c) Charles A. Dana.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

4. Why are judges still issuing writs of habeas corpus in Chapter 3?
(a) Broken rail lines have delayed official information.
(b) They are waiting on a statement from the Supreme Court.
(c) They are sympathetic to the Confederacy.
(d) Lincoln has yet to publicize his suspension of habeas corpus.

5. Which unpopular bill does Congress pass on July 17, 1862?
(a) The Militia Act.
(b) The Writ Act.
(c) The Habeas Corpus Act.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which former President is nearly arrested in Chapter 1?

2. After what battle do arrests of Southern citizens begin to decline?

3. What order does Ulysses S. Grant give General Philip Sheridan in Chapter 4?

4. Why does Joseph Griffin sue Captain Frank Wilcox for false imprisonment?

5. What concerns do Union commanders have about Confederate deserters?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Jews treated by the Union in Chapter 5?

3. Why is Edmund J. Ellis banished from Missouri?

4. Why does General John C. Frymont close the St. Louis "State Journal" and declare martial law?

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

6. Why is Dennis A. Mahony arrested?

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

8. How does General Grant respond to the guerrilla tactics of John Singleton Mosby?

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

10. What is the result of Joseph Griffin's suit against Captain Frank Wilcox?

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