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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. Despite an early misconception - he was an aggressive - risk-taking general.
Farragut
reviled
Lee
promotion
2. 'He was a descendant of two signers of the Declaration of Independence.
The Battle of Shiloh
McClellan
Meade
Lee
3. The Civil War began in this month of 1861.
April
Lincoln
Lee
Lee
4. 'The Confederate commander at Vicksburg - he surrendered for lack of food.
Lee
Chancellorsville
Union
Pemberton
5. Grant's command of Union forces at Fort Donelson might be described as...
Picketts Charge
victorious
Gettysburg
Shiloh
6. His hesitation to attack cost him his command. He was not seen as aggressive enough by his civilian superiors.
April
Halleck
Grant
McClellan
7. Lee surrendered to Grant at...
Chancellorsville
Hooker
Lee
Appomattox Court House
8. 'Despite his struggle with depression and reputation as ''crazy -'' he was an effective Union commander and friend of Grant. '
April
Stuart
Virginia
Sherman
9. An engineer - one of Lee's nicknames among his soldiers was the...
coordination
Lee
King of Spades
Belmont
10. Lee's true loyalty was to...
Grant
reviled
Virginia
Emancipation Proclamation
11. Grant's boss - he was jealous and wanted to fire Grant.
Van Dorn
promotion
Halleck
West Point
12. He tried to recruit Lee as the leader of the Union Army.
Grant
West Point
responsibility
Winnfield Scott
13. The victorious side in the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Battle of Shiloh
Union
siege
Vicksburg
14. 'The Hebrew word for ''place of peace.'''
Grant
Lee
United States
Shiloh
15. Grant's true loyalty was to...
Appomattox Court House
Farragut
Hooker
United States
16. 'He said ''It is good that war is so terrible else we should grow too fond of it'' at Fredericksburg. '
Lee
Virginia
relief
Antietam
17. He had a revulsion to blood.
Winnfield Scott
Grant
victorious
McClellan
18. Grant's command at Fort Donelson resulted in his...
Grant
King of Spades
Meade
promotion
19. A military blockade intended to wear down the defenders. Vicksburg was an example.
Lincoln
siege
Lee
Emancipation Proclamation
20. After Shiloh - Grant was ___ by the Northern newspapers.
Hooker
reviled
April
responsibility
21. He took advantage of a flood resulting from a breached levy to get warships near to the defenses of Vicksburg.
April
Grant
Shiloh
Emancipation Proclamation
22. Shortly after Antietam - Lincoln issued this.
Mississippi River
West Point
Lee
Emancipation Proclamation
23. Grant faced this Confederate general at Shiloh.
Lincoln
McClellan
Johnston
Mississippi River
24. What percentage of the U.S. population died in the Civil War?
two
Burnside
Virginia
West Point
25. 'It was called ''The Gibraltar of the West'' because both sides saw it as an impregnable fortress. '
Union
victorious
Lee
Vicksburg
26. He failed to take Richmond in 1862.
Union
McClellan
Fort Sumter
Union
27. His relationship with his boss was so bad that he considered resigning from his command during the Civil War.
Vicksburg
Grant
coordination
two
28. Both Lee and Grant graduated from this school.
West Point
Lincoln
Van Dorn
Grant
29. Grant's first victory was at...
Meade
Belmont
Stuart
Burnside
30. After the siege of Vicksburg the civilians reacted with...
Grant
Gettysburg
relief
The Battle of Shiloh
31. July of 1863 saw this major battle.
Hooker
Halleck
Gettysburg
relief
32. A cavalry officer - he destroyed much of Grant's supplies at Holly Springs - Mississippi. He forced Grant to retreat for lack of food.
Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh
Gettysburg
Van Dorn
33. Lee's response to Gettysburg was to take full
Picketts Charge
responsibility
Sherman
United States
34. After a brilliant and daring attack on General Hooker's forces - he was accidentally short and mortally wounded by his own soldiers.
Stuart
responsibility
Stonewall Jackson
Union
35. He made the error of attacking Lee's artillery at Fredericksburg - Maryland from the bottom of a hill.
Grant
victorious
Burnside
Lincoln
36. The western front of the Civil War centered on the...
Antietam
Hooker
relief
Mississippi River
37. His support prevented Grant from losing his command.
responsibility
relief
Lincoln
United States
38. 'He told Halleck to ''put up or shut up.'''
Picketts Charge
Lincoln
Grant
Lee
39. Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg could be described as lacking...
Emancipation Proclamation
Lee
coordination
Halleck
40. He finished high in his graduating class.
Appomattox Court House
Meade
Lee
The Battle of Shiloh
41. He had a reputation as an alcoholic; at one point he left the military because of his heavy drinking.
Picketts Charge
Lee
Grant
Shiloh
42. He failed three times to take Vicksburg.
McClellan
Lee
Lincoln
Farragut
43. 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.
Chancellorsville
Picketts Charge
Lee
Shiloh
44. The first shot of the Civil War was fired at...
Fort Sumter
promotion
Lee
Johnston
45. Two of his sons were major generals in the Civil War.
Union
Lee
Chancellorsville
relief
46. A huge failure at Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Picketts Charge
Grant
Lee
47. The bloodiest single day in American military history.
Pemberton
Van Dorn
Belmont
Antietam
48. Which of the following cost the most American lives?
Lee
King of Spades
The Battle of Shiloh
Union
49. Lincoln replaced General Burnside with General... His command was marked by hesitation and retreat.
Hooker
King of Spades
Stuart
April
50. Lincoln fired Hooker and replaced him with...
Lee
Meade
two
siege