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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, We Were in Earnest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing Southern motives for fighting, McPherson mentions a farmer in the 26th Tennessee who said that all BUT WHICH of the following were at stake?
(a) Property.
(b) Life.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Happiness.

2. As McPherson talks about the literacy rates during the Civil War, he says that what percentage of Union soldiers were literate?
(a) 90%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 30%.

3. In May 1861, a lieutenant in a Pennsylvania regiment wrote he would not enlist for a period longer than ________, unless his country needed him, in which case he'd enlist for life.
(a) 4 years.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 years.

4. When McPherson and his cousin visit the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, Virginia, he notes that it is the day after which of the following holidays?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Easter.
(d) Labor Day.

5. In July 1861, what battle caused Northern volunteers to flock to the army?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Chancellorville.
(d) Bull Run.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing soldiers not eager to fight, McPherson says derogatory comments about these men came from officers who had enlisted for all BUT WHICH of these reasons?

2. In his discussion of his ancestor, Jesse Beecher, McPherson says that in 1862 Beecher enlisted with the 112th New York at what age?

3. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?

4. When McPherson recounts the tale of James and John Welsh, he says that James moved to what state in 1853 and became a Republican?

5. When an immigrant worker in a Philadelphia textile mill wrote to his father to explain his enlistment, he said if secession were allowed, the United States might end up worse than what country?

(see the answer key)

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