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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the discussion of what sustained soldiers during the Civil War, which of the following played a large part in maintaining morale?
(a) Mail.
(b) Battles.
(c) Religion.
(d) Parties.

2. 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?
(a) Confiscation.
(b) Elimination.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Subjugation.

3. When McPherson says that Confederates sought to preserve their honor by killing black soldiers who tried to surrender, which place is NOT a documented occurrence of massacres?
(a) Fort Pillow.
(b) Plymouth.
(c) Port Royal.
(d) Poison Springs.

4. When a twenty-five year old soldier in the 2nd Vermont married his fiancee during a furlough in "Chapter 10: We Know That We are Supported at Home," how many months was he with her during the first year of marriage?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

6. An Illinois cavalryman, who wrote a letter home on January 12, 1865, used the word "duty" how many times in a single sentence?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

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

9. 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) Tennessee.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Massachusetts.

10. When discussing the assertions of patriotism as a motivation for fighting, what percentage of the 429 Confederate letters and diaries used as sources affirmed this motivation?
(a) 43%.
(b) 84%.
(c) 66%.
(d) 27%.

11. 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) 23rd New Jersey.
(b) 16th Arkansas.
(c) 41st Ohio.
(d) 4th Illinois.

12. 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) Texas.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Illinois.

13. In 1863, a thirty-three year old private in the 2nd Ohio Cavalry wrote that his side must win, lest the march of Liberty be held back by all BUT WHICH of these?
(a) Kings.
(b) Monarchs.
(c) Despots.
(d) Aristocrats.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Between May 5 and June 22, 1864, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia experienced casualties amounting to what percent of their original strength?

2. 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"?

3. 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?

4. In "Chapter 8: The Cause of Liberty," which immigrant group drew the clearest parallels between the fight for the Union and the fight for liberty in their home country?

5. Which most notorious massacre of black prisoners happened on April 12, 1864?

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