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CLEP U.S. History - Civil War
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. He finished high in his graduating class.
Mississippi River
Lee
April
Farragut
2. A military blockade intended to wear down the defenders. Vicksburg was an example.
Hooker
Lee
Lincoln
siege
3. His relationship with his boss was so bad that he considered resigning from his command during the Civil War.
Grant
Stonewall Jackson
victorious
Winnfield Scott
4. Both Lee and Grant graduated from this school.
promotion
West Point
Union
Sherman
5. Grant's first victory was at...
Gettysburg
Belmont
Winnfield Scott
Shiloh
6. Grant faced this Confederate general at Shiloh.
Stuart
Stonewall Jackson
April
Johnston
7. 'He told Halleck to ''put up or shut up.'''
Lincoln
Pemberton
King of Spades
Lee
8. 'Despite his struggle with depression and reputation as ''crazy -'' he was an effective Union commander and friend of Grant. '
McClellan
United States
Grant
Sherman
9. Grant's boss - he was jealous and wanted to fire Grant.
Vicksburg
Halleck
Lincoln
promotion
10. Lee's true loyalty was to...
Hooker
United States
Virginia
siege
11. 'The Hebrew word for ''place of peace.'''
Meade
victorious
Shiloh
Burnside
12. Shortly after Antietam - Lincoln issued this.
Vicksburg
Picketts Charge
Emancipation Proclamation
Fort Sumter
13. His support prevented Grant from losing his command.
April
Johnston
Lincoln
Lee
14. 'He said ''It is good that war is so terrible else we should grow too fond of it'' at Fredericksburg. '
Stuart
two
Lee
Burnside
15. Which had no major victories in the Civil War by February 3 - 1862?
Union
The Battle of Shiloh
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
16. His secret orders - wrapped around three cigars - were dropped by a messenger and found by an enemy soldier. Some see this as a major blow to his side during the Civil War.
victorious
two
Meade
Lee
17. He made the error of attacking Lee's artillery at Fredericksburg - Maryland from the bottom of a hill.
McClellan
Burnside
Halleck
two
18. Lee's response to Gettysburg was to take full
responsibility
promotion
Appomattox Court House
siege
19. Lincoln fired Hooker and replaced him with...
Grant
Meade
coordination
victorious
20. Grant's command at Fort Donelson resulted in his...
Picketts Charge
promotion
King of Spades
Lee
21. He had a revulsion to blood.
Johnston
Union
Grant
Halleck
22. The western front of the Civil War centered on the...
responsibility
Grant
Mississippi River
Shiloh
23. The victorious side in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Burnside
Union
two
Appomattox Court House
24. July of 1863 saw this major battle.
April
Gettysburg
Hooker
Picketts Charge
25. After Shiloh - Grant was ___ by the Northern newspapers.
Meade
Farragut
reviled
Stonewall Jackson
26. His hesitation to attack cost him his command. He was not seen as aggressive enough by his civilian superiors.
McClellan
Pemberton
Sherman
Johnston
27. Two of his sons were major generals in the Civil War.
Union
Grant
Lee
Halleck
28. Lincoln replaced General Burnside with General... His command was marked by hesitation and retreat.
April
Chancellorsville
Hooker
two
29. The bloodiest single day in American military history.
West Point
Picketts Charge
United States
Antietam
30. The first shot of the Civil War was fired at...
Fort Sumter
two
Van Dorn
responsibility
31. Lee surrendered to Grant at...
Lincoln
Vicksburg
Appomattox Court House
April
32. Which of the following cost the most American lives?
Halleck
reviled
The Battle of Shiloh
Grant
33. Grant's true loyalty was to...
coordination
United States
Pemberton
McClellan
34. Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg could be described as lacking...
Vicksburg
coordination
two
Lee
35. He failed three times to take Vicksburg.
Winnfield Scott
Chancellorsville
Farragut
Lee
36. 'The Confederate commander at Vicksburg - he surrendered for lack of food.
Pemberton
Meade
Chancellorsville
reviled
37. What percentage of the U.S. population died in the Civil War?
Grant
two
April
Union
38. An engineer - one of Lee's nicknames among his soldiers was the...
King of Spades
Grant
Shiloh
Hooker
39. Lincoln made him the leader of the Union forces after Vicksburg.
Grant
Johnston
Appomattox Court House
Antietam
40. The Civil War began in this month of 1861.
Meade
Picketts Charge
reviled
April
41. 'It was called ''The Gibraltar of the West'' because both sides saw it as an impregnable fortress. '
siege
Vicksburg
Sherman
King of Spades
42. A general - he snuck into an enemy's tent and stole his secret papers and dress uniform.
Stuart
Lee
Belmont
King of Spades
43. He had a reputation as an alcoholic; at one point he left the military because of his heavy drinking.
Picketts Charge
Lee
Grant
Sherman
44. He tried to recruit Lee as the leader of the Union Army.
Picketts Charge
Belmont
Winnfield Scott
Appomattox Court House
45. A cavalry officer - he destroyed much of Grant's supplies at Holly Springs - Mississippi. He forced Grant to retreat for lack of food.
Grant
Van Dorn
Gettysburg
Hooker
46. Lee won this battle - but saw it as an empty - costly victory.
Chancellorsville
Lee
Lee
Farragut
47. 'He was a descendant of two signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Lee
coordination
The Battle of Shiloh
Union
48. After a brilliant and daring attack on General Hooker's forces - he was accidentally short and mortally wounded by his own soldiers.
Mississippi River
Grant
Stonewall Jackson
promotion
49. Grant's command of Union forces at Fort Donelson might be described as...
Mississippi River
Grant
Shiloh
victorious
50. A huge failure at Gettysburg
Picketts Charge
Farragut
Stuart
coordination