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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. When did Foote usually arrive at the battlefield?

2. Who was Horwitz's host dressed as?

3. Where did Horwitz decide to start his travel with according to Chapter 2?

4. What was Shelby Foote well known for appearing in?

5. What did Mike Hawkins' great great grandfather lose during the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Horwitz and his father do after the latter's retirement?

2. What was Vicksburg at the start of the Civil War according to Chapter 9?

3. What was special about the history of Fitzgerald after the war?

4. What was unique about Henry Wirz's fate?

5. Why did Alberta Martin marry her first husband?

6. What did some of the Confederate groups say about William Martin?

7. What did Children of the Confederacy teach children?

8. What park has a sculpture of major Confederate figures carved?

9. What prompted the group of African American to harass Michael Westerman?

10. What does Horwitz say of some of the people feeling pride toward the Confederacy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reason why a Northern woman would correspond with a Confederate prisoner of war.

Essay Topic 2

Examine why would communities of a same town celebrate their veterans on different days.

Essay Topic 3

Examine why people would be compelled to relive the lives of soldiers on the battlefield of the Civil War.

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