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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 made the error of attacking Lee's artillery at Fredericksburg - Maryland from the bottom of a hill.
Burnside
Lincoln
Winnfield Scott
Grant
2. A general - he snuck into an enemy's tent and stole his secret papers and dress uniform.
Grant
Burnside
Stuart
Van Dorn
3. After Shiloh - Grant was ___ by the Northern newspapers.
Virginia
Antietam
reviled
Lee
4. Grant's command at Fort Donelson resulted in his...
Lee
Van Dorn
Antietam
promotion
5. The victorious side in the Battle of Gettysburg.
reviled
Union
Grant
Virginia
6. Lincoln fired Hooker and replaced him with...
McClellan
reviled
Vicksburg
Meade
7. Lee surrendered to Grant at...
Grant
West Point
Appomattox Court House
McClellan
8. He took advantage of a flood resulting from a breached levy to get warships near to the defenses of Vicksburg.
Mississippi River
Grant
Lincoln
reviled
9. Both Lee and Grant graduated from this school.
Antietam
victorious
promotion
West Point
10. Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg could be described as lacking...
United States
West Point
coordination
Grant
11. 'He told Halleck to ''put up or shut up.'''
Halleck
McClellan
Picketts Charge
Lincoln
12. Which of the following cost the most American lives?
The Battle of Shiloh
Lee
Emancipation Proclamation
Lee
13. 'Despite his struggle with depression and reputation as ''crazy -'' he was an effective Union commander and friend of Grant. '
Sherman
Vicksburg
Appomattox Court House
Lee
14. The Civil War began in this month of 1861.
Shiloh
April
reviled
Lee
15. Grant's boss - he was jealous and wanted to fire Grant.
Emancipation Proclamation
promotion
Halleck
Gettysburg
16. Lincoln made him the leader of the Union forces after Vicksburg.
Grant
Virginia
Lincoln
Union
17. Grant's command of Union forces at Fort Donelson might be described as...
Lincoln
victorious
Sherman
Grant
18. A huge failure at Gettysburg
Lee
Picketts Charge
Burnside
Gettysburg
19. 'He was a descendant of two signers of the Declaration of Independence.
promotion
Lee
Grant
Grant
20. Grant faced this Confederate general at Shiloh.
Van Dorn
Johnston
Meade
Lee
21. Lee's response to Gettysburg was to take full
The Battle of Shiloh
Union
Lincoln
responsibility
22. A cavalry officer - he destroyed much of Grant's supplies at Holly Springs - Mississippi. He forced Grant to retreat for lack of food.
Lincoln
Van Dorn
Hooker
Lee
23. Despite an early misconception - he was an aggressive - risk-taking general.
Lee
Van Dorn
Grant
Stuart
24. Grant's true loyalty was to...
Stonewall Jackson
Grant
Emancipation Proclamation
United States
25. The western front of the Civil War centered on the...
Lee
Appomattox Court House
Mississippi River
Antietam
26. He tried to recruit Lee as the leader of the Union Army.
Emancipation Proclamation
responsibility
Winnfield Scott
Lee
27. Lee won this battle - but saw it as an empty - costly victory.
Chancellorsville
Meade
Emancipation Proclamation
coordination
28. He had a reputation as an alcoholic; at one point he left the military because of his heavy drinking.
King of Spades
Grant
Union
Chancellorsville
29. He had a revulsion to blood.
Hooker
Halleck
King of Spades
Grant
30. The bloodiest single day in American military history.
April
Antietam
Grant
Grant
31. His relationship with his boss was so bad that he considered resigning from his command during the Civil War.
Grant
Lee
Belmont
coordination
32. Two of his sons were major generals in the Civil War.
Shiloh
Hooker
McClellan
Lee
33. The first shot of the Civil War was fired at...
McClellan
Fort Sumter
responsibility
Grant
34. 'He said ''It is good that war is so terrible else we should grow too fond of it'' at Fredericksburg. '
relief
Belmont
Lee
Vicksburg
35. Lee's true loyalty was to...
Union
Lee
Virginia
Stuart
36. 'It was called ''The Gibraltar of the West'' because both sides saw it as an impregnable fortress. '
responsibility
Union
siege
Vicksburg
37. 'The Hebrew word for ''place of peace.'''
Lee
Hooker
Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh
38. After a brilliant and daring attack on General Hooker's forces - he was accidentally short and mortally wounded by his own soldiers.
Meade
Farragut
two
Stonewall Jackson
39. Grant's first victory was at...
Belmont
Hooker
Meade
Pemberton
40. 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.
reviled
Farragut
Lee
King of Spades
41. Which had no major victories in the Civil War by February 3 - 1862?
Winnfield Scott
Union
Vicksburg
Lee
42. An engineer - one of Lee's nicknames among his soldiers was the...
Lee
Lee
Virginia
King of Spades
43. 'The Confederate commander at Vicksburg - he surrendered for lack of food.
Pemberton
Vicksburg
Lee
Virginia
44. What percentage of the U.S. population died in the Civil War?
McClellan
Antietam
Lincoln
two
45. A military blockade intended to wear down the defenders. Vicksburg was an example.
Meade
Winnfield Scott
coordination
siege
46. July of 1863 saw this major battle.
Virginia
Grant
April
Gettysburg
47. He failed three times to take Vicksburg.
Grant
Farragut
Lee
Grant
48. He failed to take Richmond in 1862.
Shiloh
McClellan
Grant
Lincoln
49. He finished high in his graduating class.
Picketts Charge
Burnside
relief
Lee
50. After the siege of Vicksburg the civilians reacted with...
Halleck
reviled
Burnside
relief