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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Jimmy Olgers' store located?
(a) Near New Orleans.
(b) Near Petersburg.
(c) Near the Potomac.
(d) Near Gettysburg.

2. What did the commander of the Andersonville prison become for a group of Southerners?
(a) A villain.
(b) A misunderstood man.
(c) A dangerous man.
(d) A hero.

3. Who accompanied Horwitz to the battlefield when he returned?
(a) Allie Stranberg.
(b) Stacy Allen.
(c) Rob Hodge.
(d) Stacy Young.

4. Who was the commander of the Andersonville prison?
(a) Markus Stenbeck.
(b) Robert Patesson.
(c) Henry Wirz.
(d) Robert Swam.

5. What was Johnson's main goal with her book?
(a) Balancing the "Myths" about Andersonville.
(b) Balancing the "Myths" about the Union victories.
(c) Telling the story of the children of the war.
(d) Telling the story of the women during the war.

6. Who wrote "Gone with the Wind" according to Chapter 11?
(a) Charles Supp.
(b) Robert Patrick.
(c) Margaret Mitchell.
(d) Annie Robertson.

7. Who was sworn in as president in the old capitol?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Jefferson Davis.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Robert Patrick.

8. What celebration did the white inhabitant of Vicksburg not observe?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Victory day.
(c) Veteran's Day.
(d) Defeat Day.

9. Who destroyed Atlanta?
(a) Stone Wall Jackson's army.
(b) Sherman's army.
(c) Grant's army.
(d) Lee's army.

10. How any battles did Albert Cashier fight?
(a) 50.
(b) 60.
(c) 40.
(d) 70.

11. What was the sculpture in the park used as the backdrop for?
(a) Pictures of the War.
(b) The Confederate flag.
(c) A laser show.
(d) The american flag.

12. What was on the sign in Montgomery next to "Visit the Civil Rights Memorial" according to Chapter 14?
(a) The First Confederate Capital.
(b) The city of Wonders.
(c) The first Battle of the Civil War.
(d) The city that never sleeps.

13. What drifted away from Vicksburg in the years before the Civil War?
(a) The Confederate Army.
(b) The garrison.
(c) The Mississippi river bed.
(d) The frontiere.

14. what did Horwitz learn about the owner of the local business that turned part of his store into a museum?
(a) He was also a preacher.
(b) He was Jewish.
(c) He was from the North.
(d) He was African American.

15. How much was Alberta's husband's pension?
(a) $20 per month.
(b) $10 per month.
(c) $30 per month.
(d) $50 per month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Horwitz argue Rose Sanders used the same way as the Confederacy?

2. What did the filthy conditions in Andersonville lead to?

3. What happened in Fitzgerald when the Confederate and the Union parade were planned?

4. What diminished over the generations in Fitzgerald?

5. When does the curriculum for history start on the State of Alabama?

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