TX - 5.6b - Civil War Ends

How did the Civil War effect WOMEN in Texas?

• Women were required to join the Confederate Army and fight in at least one battle
• Women took on jobs usually done by men:  farmers, teachers, shopkeepers, drivers, etc.
• Women had to deal with an over-supply of food items [too much corn, wheat, potatoes, and beans]
• ALL of these answers are correct

Which battle of the Civil War was a Confederate victory that ended Union plans to invade Texas?  [hint: 47 Confederate soldiers, and their cannons, defended this location]

• Battle of Sabine Pass
• Battle of Galveston
• Battle of Laredo
• Battle of Palmito Ranch

In what year did the Civil War begin? [hint: this was the same year that Texas seceded from the Union]

• 1861
• 1842
• 1853
• 1875

Where did Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War?

• at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
• at the White House, in Washington D.C.
• just after the Battle of Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania
• in front of the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Where did the last battle of the Civil War happen?  [Hint: it actually occurred about a month AFTER the war ended]

• at Palmito Ranch
• at Sabine Pass
• at Galveston
• at Laredo

Which battle of the Civil War was fought for control of a Texas port? [hint: Union ships BLOCKADED the port, but Confederate snipers used "cottonclad" steamers to recapture it]

• Battle of Galveston
• Battle of Sabine Pass
• Battle of Laredo
• Battle of Palmito Ranch

What happened to Abraham Lincoln just five days after the war ended?

• He was shot and killed at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C.
• He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• He was re-elected as President of the United States
• He was arrested by the Confederacy and put in prison

Which of these men was NOT involved in the Civil War in any way?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Thomas Green
• John Magruder
• John Bell Hood