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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Cause of Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When comparing the American Patriots of 1776 to the "Southern Patriots" of 1861, McPherson notes that a famous quote by which of the following was a favorite Southern cry?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Patrick Henry.
(d) James Madison.

2. As McPherson discusses the officer in the 4th Alabama, who was determined to fight a "black republican" leader, he reveals that leader is what relation to him?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Grandson.
(d) Brother-in-law.

3. 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) Pennsylvania.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Ohio.

4. 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?
(a) Pleasant Hill.
(b) Stones River.
(c) Sewell's Point.
(d) Fort Donelson.

5. After the story from the soldier who experienced the glaze of war during the battle at Gaines Mill, McPherson notes that another term for this phenomenon is what?
(a) Military insanity.
(b) Combat narcosis.
(c) Battle craze.
(d) Enraged glory.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the discussion of the Confederate response to the Emancipation Proclamation, what percentage of the sample 429 Confederate letters voiced pro-slavery arguments?

2. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that John Haley of Maine wrote which of the following?

3. During the discussion of religion, from which state was the private who wrote in 1861 that he wanted to put down the rebellion but hoped the war would end without him having to kill anybody?

4. When talking about the relationships between enlisted men and their officers, McPherson notes a major from which state who visited his sick and wounded soldiers every day?

5. McPherson tells of a sergeant in the 20th Indiana during the Mine Run campaign who'd left _____________ to enlist.

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