View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Tennessee.

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

3. How many children does McPherson report that Jesse Beecher had when he enlisted with the 112th New York in 1862?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

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) Labor Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Easter.
(d) Thanksgiving.

5. An experience at Gaines Mill on June 27, 1862, where the Union line slowly began to leak stragglers, was described by a corporal from which state?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soldiers from all BUT WHICH of the following states are mentioned in the discussion of green recruits who wanted to prove their manhood through battle?

2. In the discussion of hyped-up battle behavior, McPherson notes that the phenomenon has been described as all BUT WHICH of the following?

3. In the discussion of religious fatalism, what is described as the most dangerous position in the infantry?

4. In the explanation of the Rebel Yell, McPherson quotes a soldier from which state who had said he would never yell during battle, but had anyway?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 277 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample