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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. Grant planned to do a short stint in the military before doing what?
(a) Retiring.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Taking over his family's business.
(d) Going to medical school.

2. Mexico would gain Texas but give up all rights to what?
(a) Washington, Oregon, and California.
(b) California and New Mexico.
(c) California and Utah.
(d) Arizona.

3. Grant contrasted General _______ with General Taylor.
(a) Smith.
(b) Morales.
(c) Scott.
(d) Davis.

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

5. Grant's father, Jesse R. Grant, was the ________ son of his family.
(a) Third.
(b) Fifth.
(c) First.
(d) Sixth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eventually, Grant was ordered to San Francisco. When Grant's uniform first arrived, he put it on and went out in public. Why?

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

3. In Chapter 15, Grant arrived in San Francisco and said there were many there seeking what?

4. Ulysses S. Grant's mother was ______________ and her family was from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and he knew little about her parentage.

5. The military moved to Vera Cruz where the Americans beat at the city's walls until General ____________, the commander of the city, surrendered and General Scott's forces moved into the city.

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