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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which state was the lieutenant who wrote in March 1862 that he would never "be instrumental in returning a slave to his master in any way shape or manner, I'll die first"?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Massachusetts.

2. 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) North Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

3. 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) Slavery.
(b) Confiscation.
(c) Subjugation.
(d) Elimination.

4. When a Pennsylvania cavalry corporal wrote his mother in 1863, he listed his obligations to duty. In what position did he place his obligation to his mother?
(a) 1st.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 4th.

5. In "Chapter 8: The Cause of Liberty," which immigrant group drew the clearest parallels between the fight for the Union and the fight for liberty in their home country?
(a) Russian Americans.
(b) German Americans.
(c) Irish Americans.
(d) Italian Americans.

6. In the discussion of the psychological and physiological issues soldiers faced in 1864, a private in the 100th Pennsylvania wrote that he slept one night out of how many?
(a) 8.
(b) 25.
(c) 19.
(d) 14.

7. In the discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation, McPherson says that in his sample of Union soldiers, what percentage favored emancipation through the spring of 1863?
(a) 36%.
(b) 16%.
(c) 84%.
(d) 72%.

8. After the Seven Days battles, a private in the 58th Virginia wrote that through August and September his regiment had waded the Potomac how many times?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

9. During the discussion of what sustained soldiers during the Civil War, what does McPherson say was a dominant theme in the letters home?
(a) Despair.
(b) Courage.
(c) Homesickness.
(d) Anger.

10. 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.

11. In the discussion of a Louisiana cavalry sergeant who'd been the headmaster of a boys' school prior to enlisting, by what battle does the soldier cite Yankee hatred as his reason to fight?
(a) Vicksburg.
(b) Pleasant Hill.
(c) Belmont.
(d) Mesilla.

12. As McPherson explains Southern bitterness toward the North, from which state was the soldier who wrote in June 1863 that he felt his regiment should take horses, burn houses, and cause chaos?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Virginia.

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

14. During the discussion of the desire to punish treason and "clean out" the rebels, a soldier from which state wrote his sister "I want to fight the rest of my life if necessary"?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Texas.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Wisconsin.

15. In 1863, a thirty-three year old private in the 2nd Ohio Cavalry wrote that his side must win, lest the march of Liberty be held back by all BUT WHICH of these?
(a) Monarchs.
(b) Despots.
(c) Aristocrats.
(d) Kings.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the battle of Antietam a soldier in the 21st Mississippi wrote his parents that he wanted to collect what Yankee body part for his sister, Anna?

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?

3. In "Chapter 8: The Cause of Liberty," how does McPherson say Southern whites preferred to term "slavery"?

4. 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?

5. Which individual won the nomination for governor of Ohio on an antiwar platform in June 1863?

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