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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) 20%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 95%.

2. When McPherson recounts the tale of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, what name does he say she enlisted under?
(a) Lyons Wakeman.
(b) Lyons Rose.
(c) Thomas Lyons.
(d) Teddy Wakefield.

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) 15th Delaware.
(c) 2nd Iowa.
(d) 9th Michigan.

4. As "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country" begins, McPherson quotes an analysis of surviving Tennessee soldiers that showed they weren't really aware of the South's goals during the Civil War. Which decade was the analysis?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1920s.

5. A forty year old captain of the 18th Massachusetts wrote his wife in August 1862 that he'd rather fight for years than for his sons to continue it. In what battle was he killed four months later?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Malvern Hill.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Fredericksburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the discussion of the issues that arose from the Emancipation Proclamation, McPherson says that it sparked a moral crisis in the Union armies during the winter of what year(s)?

2. At the end of "Chapter Two: We Were in Earnest," readers find that the "we were in earnest" chapter title comes from a soldier in which of the following regiments?

3. As "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out" opens, McPherson says a Texas private predicted Confederate victory how long before General Lee surrendered at Appomattox?

4. Which of the following states had the strongest convictions about the war, according to the descriptions of Southern motivations for war?

5. When discussing the mark of honor, which of the following did Civil War soldiers most wish to avoid?

(see the answer key)

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