OCS Military History Exam QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

OCS Military History Exam QUESTIONS
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-Native-Americans' Warfighting Style. Did the Native-Americans |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


use stealthy tactics? Did they have good security and fight
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willingly year-round? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-GOOD: 'Guerilla'
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style, with raiding and use of stealth in wilderness terrain.
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-BAD:
--Not well organized; individual emphasis
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--Poor Security |\




--Poor winter operations
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--Ferocious (but colonists were not blameless) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-Describe Patriot Principle of War (P of W) violations at Bunker
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Hill. What British P of W violations allowed the Patriots to get
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away with those errors? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Patriots:
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Security and unity of command |\ |\ |\ |\




British: Maneuver and Surprise
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-At Trenton and Princeton, what Principles did Washington show
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he could use well? Did these US tactical victories have any
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strategic impact? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Washington used
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surprise, maneuver, and offensive. The strategic impact of these
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battles included reinvigorating the American cause, Washington
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retained an army, and it rallied American "fence-sitters" and
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militia.

, What was the French fleet's most important contribution to
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Washington's successful siege at Yorktown (1761)? - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


ANSWERS ✔✔French fleet blocked Navy access into Chesapeake |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


bay. French fleet's most important role: Cutting LOC.
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-In the Niagara Front battles (1814-1815), did aggressive combat
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leaders like Winfield Scott show that US Army regulars improved
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their ability to fight outside the US against British regulars? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Yes, the US Army regulars were well |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


trained and disciplined. They fought the British to a standstill in
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conventional, linear tactics battles. |\ |\ |\




First time use of regular military instead of militia
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First time outside US
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-Describe Scott's conduct of administrative and diplomatic affairs
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after he took Mexico City. Did he receive Mexican support and
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avert a wider war? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Scott created
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administrative conditions and exploited diplomatic opportunities, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


which led the Mexicans to accept money in return for ceding the
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land the US desired. This treaty averted a wider war.
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-Was the Anaconda Plan strategy increasingly effective in the
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Civil War? Was its blockade was effective early in the war? Why?
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Did the Union Navy implement it quickly - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔The Anaconda plan was increasingly effective throughout the
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war and it was set up quickly. Initially wasn't very effective but
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over time the union added about 670 ships to the blockade and it
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became very effective over time.
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