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