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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 367.
(b) 158.
(c) 243.
(d) 25.

3. According to "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out," what fraction of Union soldiers came from Democratic backgrounds?
(a) 3/5.
(b) 1/5.
(c) 2/5.
(d) 4/5.

4. 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 John B. Hood.
(d) General Braxton Bragg.

5. 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) 1863.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1865.

Short Answer 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?

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?

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. After the burning at Chambersburg, what disease broke out in the prison camp at Charleston?

5. In the discussion of the psychological and physiological issues soldiers faced in 1864, a private in the 100th Pennsylvania wrote that he slept one night out of how many?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are there no letters from black Union soldiers, according to "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out"?

2. How did Northern soldiers initially respond when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

3. In "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out," what convinced non-abolitionist Union soldiers that slavery was an evil that must be stopped?

4. What can be considered ironic about the Confederate fascination with liberty, as discussed in "Chapter 8: The Cause of Liberty"?

5. McPherson denies, in the discussion of liberty, that Southern soldiers were obsessed with slavery. What statistical evidence does he supply to support this?

6. Under what conditions were black soldiers allowed to join the Confederate army during the final year of the Civil War?

7. Describe the information and political education level maintained by soldiers in "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country."

8. Based on the discussion of post-traumatic stress disorder, how likely does McPherson consider the possibility that many regiments suffered from this now well-acknowledged psychological issue?

9. In the discussion of the mail service, why was it more difficult for the Confederate army to maintain efficient mail service than it was for the Union army?

10. Why, in the discussion of the mail service, does McPherson say that efficient mail delivery was so important?

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