What are States' Rights?

The idea that states should be able to create their own laws

What was the effect of Sam Houston's refusal to swear the Confederate Oath?

Sam Houston was removed as governor.

How did communication systems during the Civil War influence Texas?

Slow technology caused continued fighting after the war.

Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention infavor of Texas leaving the Union?

They considered slavery vital to the economy.

Why did the Southern States want to keep slavery?

The Southern economy used slaves for cotton

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1
What are States' Rights?
Rights are only respected in certain states.
People's rights need to be stated to them.
The idea that states should be able to create their own laws
A tax on imports and exports.
2
What was the effect of Sam Houston's refusal to swear the Confederate Oath?
Sam Houston was removed as governor.
Texas did not secede from the Union.
Texas amended the state constitution to eliminate theoath.
Sam Houston was made a general in the Union army.
3
How did communication systems during the Civil War influence Texas?
Slow technology caused continued fighting after the war.
Telephones allowed soldier to call home.
telegraph connections helped the Confederacy win the war.
Photographs of battles led to a desire to end the war.
4
Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention infavor of Texas leaving the Union?
They wanted Abraham Lincoln as president.
They disagreed with paying high federal taxes.
They felt the national government was influencedby Britain.
They considered slavery vital to the economy.
5
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Sam Houston
Robert E. Lee
6
Which governor of Texas was against Texas Secession?
Ulysses S. Grant
Sam Houston
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
7
What was the name the Southern States gave to their government?
United States of America
The Union
The North
Confederate States of America
8
Why did the Southern States want to keep slavery?
Northern states had a higher population.
Southern states did not support slavery.
Southern states feared an invasion by Mexico.
The Southern economy used slaves for cotton
9
Southern States _______ from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President.
republicanism
slavery
sectionalism
seceded
10
The belief that only your region matters is called what?
Sectionalism
Civil War
Slavery
Tariffs
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Following the Civil War most former African Americans in Texas began making a living as —
Ranchers
Sharecroppers
Cowboys
Railroad Porters

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