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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. What was Shelby Foote well known for appearing in?

2. How did the Ku Klux Klan see Westerman?

3. What did the meeting with Sue Curtis open with?

4. Where did Horwitz's host spend the night?

5. What was Michael Westerman's wife's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Horwitz see a contradiction between the South's perceived oppression and the reality?

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

3. What event did Melly Meadows once win?

4. What famous event was the turning point of the Shiloh battle?

5. What did Horwitz decide to become?

6. What did the African American congressman Joe McGill tell Horwtiz about what happened to him during the war?

7. What did Foote do during his visits of the Shiloh battlefield?

8. What groups were the Curtis' involved with?

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

10. What did Horwitz say about Sanders' rhetoric?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the pros and cons of not having the Civil War taught to high school students.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the welcome sign of Montgomery "We're History! Visit the Civil Rights Memorial, The First Confederate Capitol" could help reconcile the two community of Montgomery.

Essay Topic 3

Examine and contrast why people in the South would feel oppressed when their economy is flourishing and one of their kin is President of the United States.

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