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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Slavery Must be Cleaned Out.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An experience at Gaines Mill on June 27, 1862, where the Union line slowly began to leak stragglers, was described by a corporal from which state?
(a) Illinois.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. Soldiers from all BUT WHICH of the following states are mentioned in the discussion of green recruits who wanted to prove their manhood through battle?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Indiana.

3. From which state was the major whose letter home during the summer of 1862 contained the line "slavery must be cleaned out," from which the title of the chapter was inspired?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Wisconsin.

4. During the Seven Days battles, the 83rd Pennsylvania suffered what percentage of casualties?
(a) 98%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 75%.

5. When the 7th Vermont was called forward in June 1862, which of the following regiments pouted while Vermont celebrated?
(a) 14th Vermont.
(b) 12th Connecticut.
(c) 2nd Ohio.
(d) 9th Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the discussion of "short-timers" psychology in the Union army, what was the name of the rule that prevented this phenomenon in the Confederate army?

2. After a Texas soldier wrote his wife in 1863 that he hoped a friend would shoot him if ever he showed the "white feather," he was killed during which of these battles?

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

4. During "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson notes that studies of combat motivation have shown the need of soldiers to prove themselves to wane after how many battles?

5. In the discussion of the battle energy, an anemic Yale graduate--who later died at 26--recounted that the double-quick was not a fast enough pace; what disease did the man have?

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