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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. As "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers" opens, McPherson says that Civil War soldiers wrote much about all BUT WHICH of these synonyms?
(a) Valor.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Tenacity.
(d) Courage.

2. After the battle of Fredericksburg, the 10th New York had fought six battles in as many months and had lost all but how many men?
(a) 240.
(b) 68.
(c) 320.
(d) 130.

3. Toward the end of "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson quotes which of the following theorists in relation to ideal primary groups?
(a) Omar Bartov.
(b) William Jennings.
(c) Edward Millicent.
(d) J.R. Merkins.

4. After the battle of Chancellorville, a lieutenant in the 17th Connecticut wrote home that the captain had resigned and gone home; what was the captain's name?
(a) Captain Lucy.
(b) Captain Marks.
(c) Captain Sully.
(d) Captain Thomas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A private from which state recounted an amazing amount of energy while describing the battle of Gaines Mill?

2. When McPherson talks about the ways in which the eagerness for battle was not unique to Civil War soldiers, he mentions the same phenomenon during which war?

3. According to "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out," what fraction of Union soldiers came from Democratic backgrounds?

4. McPherson quotes a sergeant who had spent the first twenty months of service guarding railroad bridges, as being disgusted with the lack of action. Which state was he from?

5. As "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out" opens, McPherson says a Texas private predicted Confederate victory how long before General Lee surrendered at Appomattox?

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