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