For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Band of Brothers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As McPherson discusses the officer in the 4th Alabama, who was determined to fight a "black republican" leader, he reveals that leader is what relation to him?
(a) Brother-in-law.
(b) Grandson.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Uncle.

2. When a Quaker captain in the 5th New Jersey was threatened to be turned out of his faith if he did not resign, he found he could not leave and was later killed in which battle?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Pleasant Hill.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Second Manassas.

3. When discussing the movie "Gettysburg" and the novel "The Killer Angels," McPherson mentions which man who won the medal of honor for defending Little Big Top?
(a) Henry J. Minnigh.
(b) William E. Miller.
(c) Charles Evans Roberts.
(d) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

4. After the attack on Fort Sumter, all BUT WHICH of the following states joined the other seven Southern states that had seceded prior to April, 1861?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Virginia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Tennessee.

5. In the story of James and John Welsh, McPherson says that John--who enlisted with the 27th Virginia--was killed during which of the following battles?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Chancellorville.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Shiloh.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing Jesse Beecher's service record, McPherson states that he fought in all BUT WHICH of the following states?

2. When McPherson talks about the ways in which the eagerness for battle was not unique to Civil War soldiers, he mentions the same phenomenon during which war?

3. When talking about the relationships between enlisted men and their officers, McPherson notes a major from which state who visited his sick and wounded soldiers every day?

4. In May 1861, a lieutenant in a Pennsylvania regiment wrote he would not enlist for a period longer than ________, unless his country needed him, in which case he'd enlist for life.

5. As McPherson talks about the literacy rates during the Civil War, he says that what percentage of Union soldiers were literate?

(see the answer key)

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