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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. In the spring of 1862, soldiers from which state felt a redoubled commitment to the war effort when large portions of their home state fell to the "insolent invader"?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

2. From which state was the major whose letter home during the summer of 1862 contained the line "slavery must be cleaned out," from which the title of the chapter was inspired?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Wisconsin.

3. When talking about the frustrations of Union soldiers in the last two years of the war, what amount do readers learn drafted men could pay to acquire a substitute?
(a) $150.
(b) $900.
(c) $50.
(d) $300.

4. After the battle of Fredericksburg, which famous writer visited his brother, a lieutenant in the 51st New York, after the man had been wounded?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Henry James.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Upton Sinclair.

5. After the battle of Seven Pines, a captain from which state wrote that he was fine as long as there was battle but that afterward he was quite sick for a few days?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does McPherson report that Jesse Beecher had when he enlisted with the 112th New York in 1862?

2. In July 1861, what battle caused Northern volunteers to flock to the army?

3. In "Chapter 3: Anxious for the Fray," soldiers on both sides were afraid the war would be over before they had a chance to do anything, a fear written by a recruit from which regiment?

4. 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?

5. Which soldier in the 103rd Ohio denounced the Emancipation Proclamation in letters to family from January to March of 1863?

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