OCS MILITARY HISTORY EXAM QUESTION WITH ANSWERS

OCS MILITARY HISTORY EXAM
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-Weapons and Tactics. Was the American Rifle an easy-to-use
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weapon that was suitable for European-style conventional
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tactics? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔no, it was slow to reload
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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 ✔✔They were
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stealthy.


DID NOT fight year round
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-Colonial Militia. Did the colonists invent England's first-ever
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militia units? Did they always include only volunteers and
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top-quality troops? Could there be discipline problems? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Got Militia concept form europe
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-Militia not always volunteer
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-DICIPLINE ISSUES |\




-Colonial-Era Wars. In its North American colonial wars, did
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Britain rely exclusively upon colonial militia and Indian-style
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,irregular tactics to beat the French? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔England sent over regular units to fight the french |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-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, unity of command |\ |\ |\




patriots got away with these errors because the british would not
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take advantage of these errors due to not changing their tactics
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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 ✔✔Surprise, maneuver,
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offensive


Strategic impact: retained army, fence sitters rallied, gained
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allies


-What P of W violations hurt the British in their Saratoga
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Campaign? Did the British campaign fail? Any strategic |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




consequences? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔British violated |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


simplicity, unity of command and security. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Big operational and strategic effect. France saw a safe bet and
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formed a military alliance with the US.
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,-Were the bad Valley Forge conditions due to the US not having
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any supplies, or due to bad supply management? What P of W
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did US troops thus have to embrace? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Bad supply management. |\ |\




Principles of war: Perseverance. |\ |\ |\




-At Monmouth, did the Continental Army demonstrate its Valley
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Forge improvements? In what kind of tactics? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Improved linear tactics |\ |\ |\




-How did the Waxhaws' conduct help Patriot militia leaders like
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Marion? In what kind of warfare and against what kind of targets?
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tarleton treated surrendering patriots
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badly. |\




Increased popular support of patriots |\ |\ |\ |\




-Regarding the Principles of War, Kings Mountain hurt what for |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


the
British? Describe effective P of W use at Cowpens. Did Economy
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of Force and Mass also play a role? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Cornwallis failed. Loyalist saw who was winning. Patriots got |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


more support. |\

, Cowpens: Morgan used mass, surprise, maneuver, and economy |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


of force.
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-What was the French fleet's most important contribution to
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Washington's successful siege at Yorktown? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔Cut LOC to the British. British army surrendered
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How did Washington handle the Newburgh Conspiracy? Did he
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want a big, powerful regular army? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔revolt of the officers. Washington stepped in and helped.
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Washington wanted a small army and bigger militia. costs less |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Per the Constitution, is the president the commander-in-chief of
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the armed forces? How about of the militia? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The president is the commander-in-chief of all the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


services, to include militia when called into FEDERAL service.
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-Per the Constitution, does Congress exercise exclusive power
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over the militia? In the 1792 militia act, did Congress even
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exercise its Constitutional militia powers regarding the militia? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Congress has power to raise and support |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


armies (budget, UCMJ...) |\ |\




congress can call militias into federal service. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




1792 Act- provided no real means of arming and disciplining
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militia which is what congress was charged to do. Serious limits
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