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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, We Know That We are Supported at Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing the movie "Gettysburg" and the novel "The Killer Angels," McPherson mentions which man who won the medal of honor for defending Little Big Top?
(a) Henry J. Minnigh.
(b) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
(c) Charles Evans Roberts.
(d) William E. Miller.

2. In "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers," a man from which state wrote he didn't feel he had any right to ask God for exemption from harm?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Pennsylvania.

3. When talking about the frustrations of Union soldiers in the last two years of the war, what amount do readers learn drafted men could pay to acquire a substitute?
(a) $50.
(b) $900.
(c) $150.
(d) $300.

4. 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) General James Vernon.
(c) Colonel Marcus Speigel.
(d) Private Chauncey Welton.

5. After the battle of Fredericksburg, which famous writer visited his brother, a lieutenant in the 51st New York, after the man had been wounded?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Upton Sinclair.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the discussion of "short-timers" psychology, McPherson notes what percentage of 3-year enlisted Union soldiers from 1861 reenlisted?

2. After the battle of Seven Pines, a captain from which state wrote that he was fine as long as there was battle but that afterward he was quite sick for a few days?

3. In 1862, a private in the 38th North Carolina wrote to his wife that, if he were to be killed, he hoped to be reunited with his daughter __________.

4. During the discussion of leadership, a captain in the 1st North Carolina told his daughter ___________ that he would not be a tree dodger.

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

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