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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. While attempting to define the "glorious institutions" that kept men fighting during the Civil War, a soldier from which state defined it as "the guaranty of the rights of property, liberty of action, freedom of thought, religion...that kind of government that shall assure life liberty & the pursuit of happiness"?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Kentucky.

2. In "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson states that in the Confederacy, which state endured a great deal of disdain from other states?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Texas.
(d) Virginia.

3. Which of the following states had the strongest convictions about the war, according to the descriptions of Southern motivations for war?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Maryland.

4. In "Chapter 7: On the Altar of my Country," how did soldiers frequently misspell the word "altar"?
(a) Alttar.
(b) Atlar.
(c) Alterr.
(d) Alter.

5. McPherson tells of a sergeant in the 20th Indiana during the Mine Run campaign who'd left _____________ to enlist.
(a) Medical school.
(b) Fiancee.
(c) Farming.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When McPherson says that grousing about war has long been a soldier's privilege, he notes an officer from which state who wrote that these "soldiers will fight like bull dogs"?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Having discussed how the eagerness for battle faded, McPherson goes on to say that soldiers turned to the most pervasive presence: ________?

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

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