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