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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. 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?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Illinois.

2. From which state was the private who wrote in January 1862, after speaking to a slave whose husband had been beaten, that he was convinced of the "cruelty and inhumanity of the system"?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) New York.
(d) Pennsylvania.

3. In 1864, an officer in which regiment wrote of a successful attack on Confederate lines, defending the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg?
(a) 12th New York.
(b) 9th Michigan.
(c) 15th Delaware.
(d) 2nd Iowa.

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

5. As McPherson discusses religion's role in the Civil War, he notes that a lieutenant from New Jersey who fought in the conflict was what religion?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Atheist.
(d) Quaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his visit to the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, McPherson thinks about the fighting that happened on May 12, 1864; for how many hours did the battle last?

2. After discussing how the language of soldiers in letters home is cliche today, McPherson says that which writer noted that World War I made words like "glory" mock-heroic?

3. In the discussion of Southern propaganda, a planter wrote his wife of the defense of innocent women from the "lecherous Northern hirelings." From which state was this soldier?

4. In the discussion of Bell Wiley's study of Billy Yank, how many Union soldiers were interested in emancipation out of every ten surveyed?

5. During the discussion of what sustained soldiers during the Civil War, which of the following played a large part in maintaining morale?

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