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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3 The Wilderness, Section 5 | Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Civil War caused the beliefs of previous times to be __________.
(a) Respected.
(b) Embraced.
(c) Promoted.
(d) Discredited.

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.
(a) Superiority of white people.
(b) The evils of slavery.
(c) The equality of all people.
(d) Good word of the Bible.

3. ________ was an officer in the Union Army and was known to many as Captain for the rest of his life.
(a) John Dewey.
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
(d) William James.

4. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.
(a) Biology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

5. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.
(a) Conscious Whigs.
(b) Separationists.
(c) Democrats.
(d) Republicans.

Short Answer Questions

1. The dominant political party during the time of the Civil War was ________.

2. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.

3. After Holmes returned to the army following the Battle of Fredericksburg, there was a new regiment created of black volunteers, the __________.

4. The Battle of the Wilderness claimed 60,000 lives and was fought over the span of _________.

5. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.

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