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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ed and Sue Curtis stop doing?

2. What was Horwitz surprised to hear Foote defend?

3. Where did Horwitz's host spend the night?

4. What did Jamie Westendorf point out the old locations of in Charleston?

5. What did the black harbor pilot who hijacked a Confederate ship become?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did some of the Confederate groups say about William Martin?

2. What famous event was the turning point of the Shiloh battle?

3. How did reenactors in Hodge's group spend the night?

4. What prompted the group of African American to harass Michael Westerman?

5. What did the African American congressman Joe McGill tell Horwtiz about what happened to him during the war?

6. Whose action did Foote defend to the amazement of Horwitz?

7. Why was Horwitz thrown out of the bar in Chapter 5?

8. Who did Walt think was part of a conspiracy to ruin the White race?

9. What were "Farb" according to Hodge?

10. What did Children of the Confederacy teach children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the prison of Andersonville and its history.

Essay Topic 2

Examine why people would be compelled to relive the lives of soldiers on the battlefield of the Civil War.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the battle of Bull Run, also known as the first battle of Manassas and its significance.

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