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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which individual was one of the highest-ranking Jewish officials during the war, who denounced the Emancipation Proclamation to his wife in January 1863?
(a) Private Chauncey Welton.
(b) Captain Clement L. Vallandigham.
(c) Colonel Marcus Speigel.
(d) General James Vernon.

2. In the discussion of the Confederate ideal of white supremacy and the right to slavery, from which state was the soldier who wrote he was "fighting for our liberty against tyrants of the North...who are determined to destroy slavery"?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

3. In the discussion of the psychological and physiological issues soldiers faced in 1864, a private in the 100th Pennsylvania wrote that he slept one night out of how many?
(a) 25.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 19.

4. McPherson says that one of the reasons for this famous Confederate general's invasion of Tennessee during November 1864 was a hope to revitalize the troops from that state. What was this general's name?
(a) General John B. Hood.
(b) General Braxton Bragg.
(c) General James Longstreet.
(d) General Jubal Early.

5. When a sergeant in the 8th Georgia wrote to his family in 1863 that he would willingly sacrifice his life upon the altar of his country, readers learn that he did so in which battle?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Second Manassas.

6. After discussing Civil War soldiers' convictions, what commodity does McPherson say was most sought-after in camp, second to letters from home?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Chewing gum.
(c) Bandages.
(d) Socks.

7. After the battle of Antietam, the colonel of the 20th Massachusetts disappeared and was later found wandering without food or water and without having changed clothes for how long?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 48 hours.
(d) 4 weeks.

8. According to "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out," what fraction of Union soldiers came from Democratic backgrounds?
(a) 2/5.
(b) 1/5.
(c) 4/5.
(d) 3/5.

9. While discussing differing interpretations of liberty from North and South, McPherson quotes a Texas cavalryman with Forrest who wrote that the issue was all BUT WHICH of these?
(a) Subjugation.
(b) Elimination.
(c) Confiscation.
(d) Slavery.

10. From which state was the lieutenant who wrote in March 1862 that he would never "be instrumental in returning a slave to his master in any way shape or manner, I'll die first"?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Tennessee.

11. From which state was the major whose letter home during the summer of 1862 contained the line "slavery must be cleaned out," from which the title of the chapter was inspired?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Ohio.

12. As "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country" begins, McPherson quotes an analysis of surviving Tennessee soldiers that showed they weren't really aware of the South's goals during the Civil War. Which decade was the analysis?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1870s.
(d) 1910s.

13. As "Chapter 11: Vengeance Will be Our Motto" ends, McPherson says that no army broke until the Army of Tennessee after which of the following battles in 1864?
(a) King's Hill.
(b) Fort Fisher.
(c) Spring Hill.
(d) Nashville.

14. During the discussion of the issues that arose from the Emancipation Proclamation, McPherson says that it sparked a moral crisis in the Union armies during the winter of what year(s)?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962-63.
(d) 1961-62.

15. In 1862, after two friends had been killed in an ambush in the Shenandoah Valley, a soldier from which state wrote "we are to take no prisoners after this"?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the discussion of the psychological and physiological issues soldiers faced in 1864, modern studies have shown that a unit is exhausted if it twice suffers what fraction of casualties?

2. During the discussion of the hardships for soldiers' wives, how many married men does McPherson say voluntarily enlisted to fight the war?

3. When discussing the hardships of soldiers' wives, McPherson says that failure to fight for one's country would be seen to dishonor all BUT WHICH of the following?

4. While attempting to define the "glorious institutions" that kept men fighting during the Civil War, a soldier from which state defined it as "the guaranty of the rights of property, liberty of action, freedom of thought, religion...that kind of government that shall assure life liberty & the pursuit of happiness"?

5. As "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out" opens, McPherson says a Texas private predicted Confederate victory how long before General Lee surrendered at Appomattox?

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