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CLEP U.S. History - Civil War
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1. What percentage of the U.S. population died in the Civil War?
two
responsibility
Lincoln
Lee
2. His support prevented Grant from losing his command.
Lincoln
Chancellorsville
Lee
Lee
3. The western front of the Civil War centered on the...
Johnston
reviled
Mississippi River
Meade
4. Grant's boss - he was jealous and wanted to fire Grant.
Lee
victorious
Gettysburg
Halleck
5. An engineer - one of Lee's nicknames among his soldiers was the...
King of Spades
promotion
Lee
Appomattox Court House
6. He took advantage of a flood resulting from a breached levy to get warships near to the defenses of Vicksburg.
Grant
Winnfield Scott
Lee
coordination
7. 'Despite his struggle with depression and reputation as ''crazy -'' he was an effective Union commander and friend of Grant. '
Winnfield Scott
Burnside
Sherman
Lee
8. Lincoln made him the leader of the Union forces after Vicksburg.
King of Spades
Grant
coordination
Lee
9. After the siege of Vicksburg the civilians reacted with...
Fort Sumter
relief
Farragut
Lee
10. A cavalry officer - he destroyed much of Grant's supplies at Holly Springs - Mississippi. He forced Grant to retreat for lack of food.
Farragut
Van Dorn
Lincoln
responsibility
11. The victorious side in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Belmont
Lee
Sherman
Union
12. Grant's first victory was at...
Belmont
siege
Virginia
Grant
13. His hesitation to attack cost him his command. He was not seen as aggressive enough by his civilian superiors.
King of Spades
promotion
McClellan
Sherman
14. 'The Hebrew word for ''place of peace.'''
Lee
Shiloh
promotion
Sherman
15. 'It was called ''The Gibraltar of the West'' because both sides saw it as an impregnable fortress. '
Vicksburg
Grant
Union
coordination
16. 'He told Halleck to ''put up or shut up.'''
West Point
Lincoln
Antietam
Picketts Charge
17. He tried to recruit Lee as the leader of the Union Army.
victorious
Picketts Charge
Winnfield Scott
Emancipation Proclamation
18. After Shiloh - Grant was ___ by the Northern newspapers.
Appomattox Court House
reviled
United States
Antietam
19. A military blockade intended to wear down the defenders. Vicksburg was an example.
McClellan
Lee
siege
promotion
20. Despite an early misconception - he was an aggressive - risk-taking general.
Halleck
Emancipation Proclamation
Lee
Appomattox Court House
21. The bloodiest single day in American military history.
responsibility
Lee
Antietam
United States
22. Grant's command of Union forces at Fort Donelson might be described as...
victorious
Vicksburg
Pemberton
McClellan
23. Both Lee and Grant graduated from this school.
Stuart
Hooker
Picketts Charge
West Point
24. Grant faced this Confederate general at Shiloh.
Johnston
Picketts Charge
United States
Lee
25. He failed three times to take Vicksburg.
Grant
Virginia
Farragut
Grant
26. 'He was a descendant of two signers of the Declaration of Independence.
relief
Burnside
Lee
Vicksburg
27. He failed to take Richmond in 1862.
McClellan
Vicksburg
Union
Mississippi River
28. Lee won this battle - but saw it as an empty - costly victory.
Gettysburg
Chancellorsville
Grant
Lee
29. Which of the following cost the most American lives?
promotion
Burnside
April
The Battle of Shiloh
30. Two of his sons were major generals in the Civil War.
Pemberton
Grant
Chancellorsville
Lee
31. He finished high in his graduating class.
Stonewall Jackson
Grant
Lee
Shiloh
32. The first shot of the Civil War was fired at...
Hooker
Chancellorsville
Farragut
Fort Sumter
33. Lincoln fired Hooker and replaced him with...
King of Spades
Lee
Meade
relief
34. He had a reputation as an alcoholic; at one point he left the military because of his heavy drinking.
Virginia
Sherman
victorious
Grant
35. A huge failure at Gettysburg
Picketts Charge
McClellan
Van Dorn
Farragut
36. 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
Winnfield Scott
Union
Emancipation Proclamation
37. His relationship with his boss was so bad that he considered resigning from his command during the Civil War.
two
victorious
Grant
siege
38. After a brilliant and daring attack on General Hooker's forces - he was accidentally short and mortally wounded by his own soldiers.
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
two
coordination
39. Lincoln replaced General Burnside with General... His command was marked by hesitation and retreat.
Hooker
Chancellorsville
Lincoln
Grant
40. He made the error of attacking Lee's artillery at Fredericksburg - Maryland from the bottom of a hill.
Picketts Charge
Gettysburg
Burnside
Halleck
41. 'The Confederate commander at Vicksburg - he surrendered for lack of food.
Chancellorsville
Pemberton
Lee
Picketts Charge
42. July of 1863 saw this major battle.
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Mississippi River
Gettysburg
43. The Civil War began in this month of 1861.
victorious
April
Grant
Grant
44. Grant's command at Fort Donelson resulted in his...
promotion
Grant
victorious
Farragut
45. Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg could be described as lacking...
coordination
Appomattox Court House
Farragut
Pemberton
46. He had a revulsion to blood.
coordination
promotion
Grant
The Battle of Shiloh
47. Lee surrendered to Grant at...
Virginia
Appomattox Court House
reviled
Pemberton
48. Lee's true loyalty was to...
Virginia
April
Grant
Grant
49. Lee's response to Gettysburg was to take full
Hooker
Lee
Pemberton
responsibility
50. 'He said ''It is good that war is so terrible else we should grow too fond of it'' at Fredericksburg. '
Lee
Antietam
United States
promotion