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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 through 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant returned to Corinth where he was faced with the daunting task of arranging _________________ for a large number of forces.
(a) Weaponry.
(b) Accommodations.
(c) Training facilities.
(d) Dinner.

2. Grant appointed ______________ commander of the cavalry, believing that body of the military had been underutilized to that point.
(a) Garland.
(b) Harney.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Sheridan.

3. Grant's time at West Point and in the military meant that he knew who?
(a) Foreign military leaders.
(b) Many Union military leaders.
(c) Many of the other long-term military men from both sides of the Civil War.
(d) The President of the United States.

4. Grant traveled to _______________ where he met with Rosecrans, another commander who had troops in serious distress at Chattanooga.
(a) Missouri.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Alabama.

5. Grant's situation changed yet again and he assumed the role of district commander in ______ Tennessee.
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 20, Grant's troops came under fire for the first time at Belmont and he said they reacted how?

2. While the United States wanted a war with Mexico over disputed territory, Grant said what was important?

3. After Grant enlisted in the army at the beginning of the Civil War, the women of Galena asked him to describe what in detail?

4. Grant joined Sherman on his march into what town?

5. Grant ordered a commander named General _________ to begin rebuilding the railroad though they have only primitive tools and this general's abilities with which to work.

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