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