Question 1
Write an essay discussing the historiography of Robert E. Lee. What have historians said about him, and
how have prevailing views of him changed over time?
Question 2
The first battle of Grant’s offensive in Virginia in 1864 was
•the Wilderness.
•Cold Harbor.
•Appomattox. Gettysburg.
Question 3
Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History
•offered evidence that Lee had actually approved of slavery.
•defended Lee’s status as a great general.
•maintained that despite other faults, Lee was a man of sublime character. was warmly received by
admirers of Lee.
Question 4
The first great Lee biographer of the twentieth century was
•Emory Thomas.
•Clifford Dowdey.
•Kenneth Williams.
Question 5
John Pope's campaign in Virginia culminated in the
•Second Battle of Bull Run.
•Second Battle of Winchester.
•Battle of Gettysburg.
•Battle of Fredericksburg.
Question 6
In writing about Robert E. Lee, historian Thomas Lawrence Connelly,
•elevated
the great Confederate general to an even higher place in the southern pantheon.
•refuted the claims of Lee’s earlier critics.
•suggested that Lee might have been the greatest general since Alexander the Great.
Question 7
Douglas Southall Freeman.
unintentionally revealed at least as much about his own troubled state of mind as
about any problems Lee might have had.
Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded at the Battle of
•Chancellorsville.
•Gettysburg.
•Shiloh.
•Fredericksburg.
Question 8
The historian who first raised a major objection to the favorable interpretation of Robert E. Lee was
•Thomas Lawrence Connelly.
•Frank Vandiver.
•Douglas Southall Freeman. Alan T. Nolan.
Question 9
The first major Civil War battle in Virginia was fought near
•Bull Run. Chancellorsville Appomattox.
•Fredericksburg.
Question 10
Robert E. Lee's second campaign north of the Potomac River ended in the Battle of
•Gettysburg.
•Antietam.
•Bull Run. Shiloh.
Question 11
The author of The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and his Image in American Society was
•Thomas Lawrence Connelly.
•Emory Thomas.
•Douglas Southall Freeman. Alan T. Nolan.
Question 12
Grant's first big success during the Civil War came at
•Forts Henry and Donelson.
•Gettysburg.
•Vicksburg.
•Appomattox.
Question 13
Armies under the commend of Grant and Lee first met at the Battle of
•the Wilderness.
•Gettysburg.
•Appomattox. Shiloh.
Question 14
Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded
•by his own men.
•at the Battle of Gettysburg.
•while leading a charge. at the Battle of Shiloh.
Question 15
The Union general who opposed Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville was
•Joseph Hooker.
•George Meade.
•Ulysses S. Grant.
•John Pope.
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