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