Correct. The answer is b. The most likely influence on General Milroy’s decision to allow Cornelia Peake McDonald to remain in her home were his middle-class notions about motherhood and the importance of children. It was only when she begged him to allow her to keep the house as a shelter for her sick children that he relented to her request.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The most likely influence on General Milroy’s decision to allow Cornelia Peake McDonald to remain in her home were his middle-class notions about motherhood and the importance of children. It was only when she begged him to allow her to keep the house as a shelter for her sick children that he relented to her request.

Correct. The answer is d. These firsthand accounts reveal that, although middle-class and white women probably fared better than poor white and African American women, all women and children in the South were vulnerable to brutal acts committed by soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

Incorrect. The answer is d. These firsthand accounts reveal that, although middle-class and white women probably fared better than poor white and African American women, all women and children in the South were vulnerable to brutal acts committed by soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

Correct. The answer is d. The three diaries are simple reports of these women’s feelings and experiences, recorded only for themselves, and not intended to influence or reinforce others’ opinions or conclusions. McDonald’s and McGuire’s diaries depict instances of Union soldiers’ generosity, which, as Confederates, they would have been unlikely to manufacture. Trezevant’s report might well be accurate, but because he was a southerner reporting Union brutality, and because it was a document likely to have been created for the consumption of others, it is a less trustworthy source.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The three diaries are simple reports of these women’s feelings and experiences, recorded only for themselves, and not intended to influence or reinforce others’ opinions or conclusions. McDonald’s and McGuire’s diaries depict instances of Union soldiers’ generosity, which, as Confederates, they would have been unlikely to manufacture. Trezevant’s report might well be accurate, but because he was a southerner reporting Union brutality, and because it was a document likely to have been created for the consumption of others, it is a less trustworthy source.

Correct. The answer is c. It is most likely that Confederate soldiers brutalized African American women and children on the Union-run plantations in order to express their disregard for their humanity and to create even more widespread fear and terror among the enslaved African Americans in the South.

Incorrect. The answer is c. It is most likely that Confederate soldiers brutalized African American women and children on the Union-run plantations in order to express their disregard for their humanity and to create even more widespread fear and terror among the enslaved African Americans in the South.

Correct. The answer is a. Sherman’s strategy with his march to the sea was to destroy white southerners’ will to continue the war.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Sherman’s strategy with his march to the sea was to destroy white southerners’ will to continue the war.