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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The November 8, 1865, diary entry of a sergeant in the 8th Ohio cavalry noted that how many members of his regiment had voted for Lincoln, as opposed to sixteen votes for McClellan?
(a) 243.
(b) 367.
(c) 158.
(d) 25.

2. During the discussion of the hardships for soldiers' wives, how many married men does McPherson say voluntarily enlisted to fight the war?
(a) 60,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 800,000.

3. After the burning at Chambersburg, what disease broke out in the prison camp at Charleston?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Yellow fever.

4. 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?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1863.

5. During the discussion of the desire to punish treason and "clean out" the rebels, a soldier from which state wrote his sister "I want to fight the rest of my life if necessary"?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Texas.

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

7. McPherson says that one of the reasons for this famous Confederate general's invasion of Tennessee during November 1864 was a hope to revitalize the troops from that state. What was this general's name?
(a) General Jubal Early.
(b) General Braxton Bragg.
(c) General John B. Hood.
(d) General James Longstreet.

8. Which individual won the nomination for governor of Ohio on an antiwar platform in June 1863?
(a) James Vernon.
(b) Chauncey Welton.
(c) Clement L. Vallandigham.
(d) Marcus Speigel.

9. When discussing the hardships of soldiers' wives, McPherson says that failure to fight for one's country would be seen to dishonor all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Ancestors.
(b) Children.
(c) Posterity.
(d) Wife.

10. While talking about the difficulties wives left behind faced, McPherson mentions a sergeant in the 21st Ohio whose wife had written that "your country's cause is my cause." What was her name?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Minie.
(d) MaryAnn.

11. 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?
(a) Patriotism.
(b) Group cohesion.
(c) Courage.
(d) Self-respect.

12. 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) Massachusetts.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) North Carolina.

13. From which state was the sergeant, three times wounded, stationed near Vicksburg who described debates in his brigade during the winter of 1863-1964?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Texas.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Virginia.

14. 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)?
(a) 1961-62.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1962-63.

15. 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?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Right before the battle of Gettysburg, a lieutenant in the 53rd Georgia wrote to his wife, that Pennsylvania was the greatest country he'd ever seen; what was his wife's name?

2. In the discussion of Lincoln's idea that the United States represented the last best hope for the survival of republican government, the world is bestrode by all BUT WHICH of these?

3. On July 1, 1864, a captain for the 103rd Illinois wrote that it was day sixty-two for his regiment, and that they'd spent how many of those days under fire?

4. In the discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation, McPherson says that in his sample of Union soldiers, what percentage favored emancipation through the spring of 1863?

5. During the discussion of the American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, what percentage found that "belief in war aims" helped overcome the fear of battle?

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