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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After the three month Peninsula campaign, a Pennsylvania private wrote that he had lived on how many crackers from Thursday through Monday?
2. From which state was the sergeant, three times wounded, stationed near Vicksburg who described debates in his brigade during the winter of 1863-1964?
3. During the discussion of the Confederate response to the Emancipation Proclamation, what percentage of the sample 429 Confederate letters voiced pro-slavery arguments?
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"?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the phenomenon of "dry rot," as discussed in "Chapter 10: We Know That We Are Supported at Home."
2. McPherson denies, in the discussion of liberty, that Southern soldiers were obsessed with slavery. What statistical evidence does he supply to support this?
3. In "Chapter 10: We Know That We are Supported at Home," why did some officers worry that married men made bad soldiers?
4. When McPherson discusses the extra incentive Confederate soldiers had to keep fighting, what does he say about the Northern opinion of Southern soldiers?
5. Describe the information and political education level maintained by soldiers in "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country."
6. How did Northern soldiers initially respond when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
7. In the discussion of vengeance, what disturbing instructions did some soldiers send in letters home to their wives?
8. At the close of "Chapter 12: The Same Holy Cause," what final lessons does McPherson hope readers take from the book?
9. In what way did the Confederate soldiers identify with the Founding Fathers in the discussion of the concept of liberty?
10. What challenges did soldiers face in the last year of the Civil War that exacerbated their combat exhaustion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the Confederate attitudes toward their own liberty with their attitude toward liberty for black slaves. Include supporting information from the book and outside research as necessary.
Essay Topic 2
The men who became soldiers during the Civil War era were largely defined by Victorian ideals of manhood. Compare and contrast these ideals--and the soldiers who embodied them--with the modern equivalents. Be sure to include supporting information from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Based on McPherson's discussions, analyze and discuss three ways in which the fact that the Northern and Southern armies were comprised primarily of volunteers affected a key component of the war as a whole. Include supporting information from the book and be sure to cite sources as necessary.
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