With regard to civil liberties during the Civil War, President Lincoln:
a. always let courts and judges have the final say.
b. suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
c. ordered most Democratic newspapers shut down.
d. urged the impeachment of federal judges who opposed him.
e. strictly followed the Ex parte Milligan decision rendered in 1866.
Answer: b. suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
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