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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, We Were in Earnest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his visit to the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, McPherson thinks about the fighting that happened on May 12, 1864; for how many hours did the battle last?
(a) 27.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 18.

2. After the attack on Fort Sumter, all BUT WHICH of the following states joined the other seven Southern states that had seceded prior to April, 1861?
(a) Indiana.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Tennessee.

3. As the excitement for battle raced across the country, the governor of Ohio said he could not send the requested thirteen regiments but would send how many?
(a) 16.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 20.

4. When discussing Jesse Beecher's service record, McPherson states that he fought in all BUT WHICH of the following states?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

5. When discussing the movie "Gettysburg" and the novel "The Killer Angels," McPherson mentions which man who won the medal of honor for defending Little Big Top?
(a) Henry J. Minnigh.
(b) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
(c) Charles Evans Roberts.
(d) William E. Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. As McPherson discusses the initial impulse that prompted men to enlist on both sides after the raid on Fort Sumter he references which of the following French terms?

2. When discussing Southern motives for fighting, McPherson mentions a farmer in the 26th Tennessee who said that all BUT WHICH of the following were at stake?

3. When McPherson recounts the tale of James and John Welsh, he says that James moved to what state in 1853 and became a Republican?

4. In his discussion of those soldiers who were not so heroic, McPherson mentions that these men were referred to as all BUT WHICH of the following?

5. When comparing the American Patriots of 1776 to the "Southern Patriots" of 1861, McPherson notes that a famous quote by which of the following was a favorite Southern cry?

(see the answer key)

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