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