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