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