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