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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) $900.
(b) $150.
(c) $300.
(d) $50.

2. When a Pennsylvania cavalry corporal wrote his mother in 1863, he listed his obligations to duty. In what position did he place his obligation to his mother?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 4th.
(c) 1st.
(d) 2nd.

3. After the three month Peninsula campaign, a Pennsylvania private wrote that he had lived on how many crackers from Thursday through Monday?
(a) 4.
(b) 17.
(c) 25.
(d) 9.

4. In the discussion of Southern bitterness toward the North, from which state was the corporal who wrote it would be best "if the whole Yankee race could be swept from the face of the earth"?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

5. 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 James Longstreet.
(b) General Jubal Early.
(c) General Braxton Bragg.
(d) General John B. Hood.

6. 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) Shiloh.
(c) Malvern Hill.
(d) Fredericksburg.

7. 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.

8. As "Chapter 11: Vengeance Will be Our Motto" ends, McPherson says that no army broke until the Army of Tennessee after which of the following battles in 1864?
(a) Fort Fisher.
(b) King's Hill.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Spring Hill.

9. 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?
(a) Mary.
(b) Cellie.
(c) Mollie.
(d) Callie.

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

11. During the discussion of what sustained soldiers during the Civil War, what does McPherson say was a dominant theme in the letters home?
(a) Homesickness.
(b) Despair.
(c) Anger.
(d) Courage.

12. 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?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Henry James.

13. 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?
(a) 33.
(b) 62.
(c) 50.
(d) 48.

14. While talking about the Emancipation Proclamation's effect on Union morale, McPherson says that, in comparison to enlisted men, what percentage of officers supported emancipation?
(a) 89%.
(b) 44%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 78%.

15. 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?
(a) 34%.
(b) 89%.
(c) 58%.
(d) 77%.

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. In 1863, when an infantry colonel said he began "to think no Soldier ought to be married," readers learn that he is from state?

3. After the battle of Antietam, the colonel of the 20th Massachusetts disappeared and was later found wandering without food or water and without having changed clothes for how long?

4. During the discussion of the hardships for soldiers' wives, how many married men does McPherson say voluntarily enlisted to fight the war?

5. While discussing differing interpretations of liberty from North and South, McPherson quotes a Texas cavalryman with Forrest who wrote that the issue was all BUT WHICH of these?

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