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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Same Holy Cause.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the discussion of the Confederate response to the Emancipation Proclamation, what percentage of the sample 429 Confederate letters voiced pro-slavery arguments?
(a) 65%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 95%.
(d) 40%.

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

3. After discussing Civil War soldiers' convictions, what commodity does McPherson say was most sought-after in camp, second to letters from home?
(a) Socks.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Bandages.
(d) Chewing gum.

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) Upton Sinclair.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Walt Whitman.

5. When talking about how some soldiers' wives felt they had greater responsibility to their families than the founding fathers, a lieutenant from which regiment received letters from his wife complaining about raising three children without him?
(a) 4th Illinois.
(b) 23rd New Jersey.
(c) 41st Ohio.
(d) 16th Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a Texas soldier wrote his wife in 1863 that he hoped a friend would shoot him if ever he showed the "white feather," he was killed during which of these battles?

2. At the end of "Chapter 8: The Cause of Liberty," by what year had Northern soldiers broadened their concept of liberty to include black people?

3. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Wilbur Fisk, of the 2nd Vermont, wrote which of the following?

4. In the discussion of the "fighting drunk" terminology, Confederate soldiers were accused of an unlikely combination of whiskey and what?

5. After the battle of Fredericksburg, the 10th New York had fought six battles in as many months and had lost all but how many men?

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