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