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Unit 7 Test Texas History
Unit 7 Test Texas History
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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1
What amendment freed all slaves in the United States?
13th
15th
1st
14th
2
Confederate General Robert E. Lee was finally defeated by
Stonewall Jackson.
James Henry.
William Tecumseh Sherman.
Ulysses Grant.
3
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
made it illegal to secede from the Union
guaranteed citizenship and equal rights to African Americans
was supported by nearly all Texans in 1866
was never ratified by Texas
4
If you were to ask a southerner what the Civil War was about, what would they say?
Slavery/Underground Railroad
Assasination of Lincoln/Election of 1860
States Rights/ Slavery
Cotton Diplomacy/Industrialization
5
What battle was commanded by General John Magruder enforcing the naval blockade of the Texas Coast?
Sabine Pass
Palmito Ranch
Vicksburg
Galveston
6
Why was Sam Houston removed from office as governor?
He supported secession.
He refused to pledge loyalty to the Confederacy.
He opened ports to Confederate ships.
He refused to turn over government-owned weapons.
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The argument that held that state power was greater than federal power
Emancipation of States
States Rights
States Proclamation
States Power
8
Who was president of the United States when the Civil War broke out?
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
9
What amendment gave equal rights and citizenship to all freed slaves?
10th
13th
15th
14th
10
Which was an advantage of the South at the beginning of the Civil War?
More factories to produce weapons and supplies
A larger population from which to recruit soldiers
The ability to use cotton diplomacy to gain foreign support
More railroads for moving troops and supplies
11
The first and only president of the Confederate States of America
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
12
The North could move troops and supplies more easily than the South because it had more
stagecoaches
railroads
steamboats
freight lines
13
Victory in what battle helped the Confederates keep open an important port?
Austin
Brownsville
Mansfield
Galveston
14
What amendment gave voting rights to all men?
10th
13th
15th
14th
15
Slaves in rebelling states declared free from slavery by the
U.S. Senate in 1864.
Confederate legislature late in the war.
decisions of Union army officers.
Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln in 1863
16
This battle took place on September 8, 1863
Galveston
Vicksburg
Palmito Rach
Sabine Pass
17
According to the Dred Scott decision, African Americans:
were able to sue in federal court in certain states.
could not sue because it violated the Missouri Compromise
could not afford lawyers because they were not paid the same
could not sue in court because they were not citizens.
18
Where did the majority of battles in Texas take place during the Civil War?
What war?
Central Texas
Gulf coast
My backyard
19
The last battle of the Civil War was fought near Brownsville at
First Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Sabine Pass
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Palmito Ranch
20
The Civil War began in April 1861 with the Confederate attack on
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Fort Sumter
21
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
stated that Kansas and Nebraska could not join the Union
made the Kansas and Nebraska Territories slave states.
made the Kansas and Nebraska Territories free states.
Territories decided whether to be slave or free states.
22
What was the main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To end the Civil War
To rebuild the government of Confederate states
To give women and African Americans the vote
To free slaves in areas rebelling against the United States
23
Which of the following were causes of the Civil War:
Slavery, States’ Rights
Tariffs imposed on the South
Slavery, States' Rights & Tariffs
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
24
Which of the following events caused the southern states to secede from the Union?
The invasion of Union troops.
The resignation of governor Houston.
The end of slavery in the United States.
The election of President Lincoln.
25
Which of the following is an economic effect of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Texas?
Tenant farming and sharecropping increased in Texas.
There was a shortage of free labor for agriculture.
There was poorer production in agriculture and business.
Texas suffered much worse than other states in the South.
