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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. 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?
(a) 16.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 8.

2. During the discussion of leadership, a captain in the 1st North Carolina told his daughter ___________ that he would not be a tree dodger.
(a) Lily.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Mary
(d) Annie.

3. In 1863, when an infantry colonel said he began "to think no Soldier ought to be married," readers learn that he is from state?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) South Carolina.

4. 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) Ohio.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Virginia.

5. After the discussion of "short-timers" psychology, McPherson notes what percentage of 3-year enlisted Union soldiers from 1861 reenlisted?
(a) 100%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 25%.

Short Answer Questions

1. As "Chapter 10: We Know That We are Supported at Home" opens, which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of combat motivation?

2. When the 7th Vermont was called forward in June 1862, which of the following regiments pouted while Vermont celebrated?

3. When McPherson talks about the ways in which the eagerness for battle was not unique to Civil War soldiers, he mentions the same phenomenon during which war?

4. When a twenty-five year old soldier in the 2nd Vermont married his fiancee during a furlough in "Chapter 10: We Know That We are Supported at Home," how many months was he with her during the first year of marriage?

5. In 1862, a private in the 38th North Carolina wrote to his wife that, if he were to be killed, he hoped to be reunited with his daughter __________.

(see the answer key)

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