C. officials                          D. generals

48. According to the passage, Washington ___________.

A. struggled with the congress only for money

B. lived up to the code of the constitution that the president was "the commander in chief"

C. looked more like a general than a president

D. did much more than he should as a president

49. Why was the putting of Grant in charge of the Union Army an important decision?

A. Because Lincoln was inexperienced in military affairs, he had to do so.

B. Grant whole-heartedly believed in Lincoln, and their cooperation proved to be a none-such.

C. All things considered, Grant was somewhat better than McClellan.

D. The decision to put Grant in charge of the Union Army was not against the constitution.

50. In the last paragraph, the author implies that __________.

A. Roosevelt was better prepared to be a wartime president than Lincoln

B. in the Second World War, the relationship between the White House and the generals was intense

C. both Lincoln and Roosevelt were good wartime presidents, although their actual way of dealing things might be different

D. George Washington was actually the best president