3rd 9 Weeks Review

The Battles of Galveston and Sabine Pass were important to Texas and the south during the Civil War because

• they are where cotton was grown.

• they were won by the south.

• they were both fought for possession of ports

• government operations were positioned there.

What rights guaranteed by the constitution of the Confederate States of America were a reason the southern states seceded from the Union?

• The rights of citizens in each state to be treated equally.
• The rights of citizens to voice their opinion. 
• The right of citizens to openly criticize the government. 
• The right of citizens to own slaves. 

What would you put in the center circle?

• Union blockade along the Gulf Coast.
• Confederate blockage on the Mississippi.
• Ship blockade along the Mexican border.
• Union invasion of Texas.

The principle that states the government is divided into three branches is called:

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Three branches of government

• Separation of Powers

How did Texas economy change just AFTER the Civil War?

• It became a petroleum based economy.
• It became a sharecropping based economy.
• It never recovered and was I disrepair.
• It relied only on cotton.

Which established the border between Texas and Mexico during the era of Early Statehood?

• Frontier Wars

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Texas Revolution

• Civil War and Reconstruction

What word means to focus on what is best for your region rather than the nation?

• sectionalism
• states' rights
• federalism
• tariffs

Many Americans in the mid 1800s believed that the United States was to settle North America from coast to coast.  Which idea supports that?

• Most Americans would not be interested in annexing Texas because they want to focus on building a railroad.
• Support for Manifest Destiny would lead many Americans to favor annexation of Texas.
• Texas would reject annexation because it would stop their trade agreements.
• Although newspaper stories popularized Manifest Destiny, most Amerians did not support it.

What was one reason Americans did not want to annex Texas?

• It will make the U.S. larger and more powerful.
• It will add resources to the United States.
• It will provoke  war with Mexico.
• It would stop trade.

The process of restoring the South back into the Union is called

• reconstruction
• reformation
• reorganizing
• reorganization