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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The November 8, 1865, diary entry of a sergeant in the 8th Ohio cavalry noted that how many members of his regiment had voted for Lincoln, as opposed to sixteen votes for McClellan?
(a) 243.
(b) 158.
(c) 25.
(d) 367.

2. When discussing the assertions of patriotism as a motivation for fighting, what percentage of the 429 Confederate letters and diaries used as sources affirmed this motivation?
(a) 43%.
(b) 84%.
(c) 66%.
(d) 27%.

3. In the discussion of Southern bitterness toward the North, from which state was the corporal who wrote it would be best "if the whole Yankee race could be swept from the face of the earth"?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Virginia.
(d) North Carolina.

4. In the discussion of Lincoln's idea that the United States represented the last best hope for the survival of republican government, the world is bestrode by all BUT WHICH of these?
(a) Emperors.
(b) Tyrants.
(c) Despots.
(d) Kings.

5. While discussing differing interpretations of liberty from North and South, McPherson quotes a Texas cavalryman with Forrest who wrote that the issue was all BUT WHICH of these?
(a) Subjugation.
(b) Elimination.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Confiscation.

6. Which most notorious massacre of black prisoners happened on April 12, 1864?
(a) Plymouth.
(b) Fort Pillow.
(c) Poison Springs.
(d) Port Royal.

7. During the discussion of what sustained soldiers during the Civil War, which of the following played a large part in maintaining morale?
(a) Religion.
(b) Mail.
(c) Parties.
(d) Battles.

8. According to "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out," what fraction of Union soldiers came from Democratic backgrounds?
(a) 4/5.
(b) 3/5.
(c) 2/5.
(d) 1/5.

9. After the three month Peninsula campaign, a Pennsylvania private wrote that he had lived on how many crackers from Thursday through Monday?
(a) 17.
(b) 25.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

10. Which soldier in the 103rd Ohio denounced the Emancipation Proclamation in letters to family from January to March of 1863?
(a) Private Chauncey Welton.
(b) Colonel Marcus Speigel.
(c) Captain Clement L. Vallandigham.
(d) General James Vernon.

11. By 1864, when a captain in the 5th Alabama wrote of the burning of Chambersburg, how much money did he say soldiers demanded from their victims' houses?
(a) $800.
(b) $75.
(c) $500.
(d) $200.

12. On July 1, 1864, a captain for the 103rd Illinois wrote that it was day sixty-two for his regiment, and that they'd spent how many of those days under fire?
(a) 62.
(b) 50.
(c) 33.
(d) 48.

13. A forty year old captain of the 18th Massachusetts wrote his wife in August 1862 that he'd rather fight for years than for his sons to continue it. In what battle was he killed four months later?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Malvern Hill.
(d) Fredericksburg.

14. After the burning at Chambersburg, what disease broke out in the prison camp at Charleston?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Typhoid.

15. During the discussion of the American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, what percentage found that "belief in war aims" helped overcome the fear of battle?
(a) 77%.
(b) 58%.
(c) 89%.
(d) 34%.

Short Answer Questions

1. When talking about the frustrations of Union soldiers in the last two years of the war, what amount do readers learn drafted men could pay to acquire a substitute?

2. During the discussion of the hardships for soldiers' wives, how many married men does McPherson say voluntarily enlisted to fight the war?

3. After the discussion of the conflict between love of family and love of country, McPherson quotes an Alabama soldier as saying he worried for his wife if they failed. What was his wife's name?

4. Right before the battle of Gettysburg, a lieutenant in the 53rd Georgia wrote to his wife, that Pennsylvania was the greatest country he'd ever seen; what was his wife's name?

5. In the discussion of combat stress reaction, readers learn that this phenomenon was most common during which year of the Civil War?

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