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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 through 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Grant object to attending West Point?
(a) He feared he could not pass.
(b) He did not want to attend college.
(c) He did not want to be in the military.
(d) His family did not have the money to send him to West Point.

2. Grant described the unrest of the nation in the winter of _______________.
(a) 1860-1861.
(b) 1861-1862.
(c) 1859-1860.
(d) 1862-1863.

3. Where was Grant born?
(a) Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) Conneaut, Ohio.
(c) Point Pleasant, Ohio.
(d) Bowling Green, Ohio.

4. Ulysses S. Grant's mother was ______________ and her family was from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and he knew little about her parentage.
(a) Harriet Smith.
(b) Hannah Simpson.
(c) Henrietta Sawyer.
(d) Hillary Scott.

5. Grant was impressed with whom at West Point?
(a) General Jackson.
(b) General Davies.
(c) General Peterson.
(d) General Scott.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Grant feel about his involvement in the Mexican War?

2. Grant was sent to Ironton, Missouri, and eventually on to Jefferson City. While there, he met who for the first time?

3. Grant said the Confederate troops were driven steadily back and eventually retreated. Grant said the victory was cinched by the arrival of whom?

4. Grant talked about the Indians, saying that the trades between Indians and whites had originally been done in ___________, but business had moved to silver half-dollars.

5. Grant believed that "a _______________ advance to Atlanta, to Vicksburg, or to any other desired point south" would have been possible, but the advantage was not pressed.

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