Early Statehood, Civil War and Reconstruction

Question 1

After the Civil War, the population of the US?

Accepted Answer

Moved from rural to urban, Moved from agricultural to industrial

Question 2

Two of the major groups of soldiers from Texas in the Civil War were?

Accepted Answer

Hood's Brigade and Terry's Texas Rangers

Question 3

Why did Texas allow itself to be annexed by the US?

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Fear of war with Mexico, Debt from the Texas Revolution

Question 4

Texas contributed to the Confederate war effort with

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Soldiers from Texas, Cotton grown in East Texas

Question 5

Some of the battles fought in Texas during the Civil War that took advantage of military tech

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Galveston, Sabine Pass

Question 6

Which Treaty ended the Mexican US War?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 7

The Compromise of 1850 resulted in which of the following?

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$10 million paid to Texas to reduce War debt, Texas gives up all claims to land in New Mexico, Texas gave up all land north of the Missouri Compromise

Question 8

The concept that the Federal Government does not have the right to interfere with state law

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State's Rights

Question 9

Some of the Military heroes of the Civil War were?

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Colonel Benjamin Terry, General Robert E. Lee, General John Bell Hood

Question 10

The North had an advantage over the South in every way except for?

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Military leadership and Rice production

Question 11

What was the event that caused southern states to secede?

Accepted Answer

Election of Abraham Lincoln

Question 12

The Mexican US War began with what famous line from James Polk?

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"American blood spilled on American soil"

Question 13

Why were Southerners unhappy about the Missouri Compromise?

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Most new US territories would be free states

Question 14

Palmito Ranch is known for?

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The last battle in the Civil War, A battle won by the Confederacy, A Civil War battle in Texas

Question 15

Life in Texas during the Civil War was?

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Primarily run by the women, characterized by shortages of staples, Easier than in the Eastern Confederacy

Question 16

Which amendments to the US Constitution had to be ratified before Texas could be re-admitted?

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14th Amendment, 13th Amendment, 15th Amendment

Question 17

Which of the following industries were dependent on slave labor?

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Cotton plantation, Sugar plantations

Question 18

Even white families in Texas who did not own slaves accepted slavery because

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It was necessary for the economy in Texas

Question 19

Texas was?

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Part of the Confederacy, Part of the South in the Civil War, Concerned that the way of life in the South would end.

Question 20

The reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by General Granger in Galveston is known as?

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Juneteenth, The end of Slavery in the US

Question 21

Who won the Civil War?

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The Union

Question 22

The majority of the immigrants to Texas after the Mexican US War were from?

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Other Southern states of the US

Question 23

The period of time after the Civil War that was led by President Johnson is known as ?

Accepted Answer

Presidential Reconstruction

Question 24

Which of the following were causes of the Civil War?

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Tariffs, Slavery, State's Rights

Question 25

The Era from 1861 to 1874 in Texas is called?

Accepted Answer

Civil War and Reconstruction

Early Statehood, Civil War and Reconstruction

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