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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. During the story of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, what is the name of the battle in which she fought?
(a) Middle Creek.
(b) New Bern.
(c) Pleasant Hill.
(d) Fort Macon.

2. Which individual won the nomination for governor of Ohio on an antiwar platform in June 1863?
(a) James Vernon.
(b) Marcus Speigel.
(c) Chauncey Welton.
(d) Clement L. Vallandigham.

3. A private in the 1st Virginia reported, after the battle of Sharpsburg, that a man in the 24th Virginia was whipped publicly for cowardice; how many lashes did the man receive?
(a) 39.
(b) 16.
(c) 28.
(d) 42.

4. McPherson says that one of the reasons for this famous Confederate general's invasion of Tennessee during November 1864 was a hope to revitalize the troops from that state. What was this general's name?
(a) General James Longstreet.
(b) General Jubal Early.
(c) General John B. Hood.
(d) General Braxton Bragg.

5. When discussing the hardships of soldiers' wives, McPherson says that failure to fight for one's country would be seen to dishonor all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Ancestors.
(b) Children.
(c) Posterity.
(d) Wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the excitement for battle raced across the country, the governor of Ohio said he could not send the requested thirteen regiments but would send how many?

2. 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?

3. Soldiers in the discussion of military coercion stood firm under fire for the Prussian army under the command of ________ because they feared their officers more than the enemy.

4. After the attack on Fort Sumter, all BUT WHICH of the following states joined the other seven Southern states that had seceded prior to April, 1861?

5. When a captain from the 1st Connecticut Cavalry wrote about soldiers who shirk their duty, he said that in the company of sixty men only how many were in line?

(see the answer key)

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