Civil War Review

Why were some Americans upset about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Most Americans thought people from Kansas were uncivilized
• People from Nebraska were loyal to Spain
• It created new taxes for other Americans
• It went against an earlier compromise on slavery

Most Texan soldiers fought for the Confederacy, but some fought for the Union

• True
• False

At the end of the Civil War, most Texans were ___________.

• uncertain about the future
• happy that the Union stayed intact
• much wealthier than before the war
• forced to move to Mexico

The increase in slave population in Texas during the 1860s is most likely to due what?

• The availability of free land
• The growth of the cotton industry
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• Improved weather conditions in Texas

The ________ had a better supply of ammunition and manufactured goods during the Civil War. 

• Confederacy
• Union

After the Civil War, the population and prosperity in Texas __________.

• decreased
• increased
• stayed the same

As part of the Compromise of 1850, Texas gave up its claims to ____________.

• The Rio Grande River 
• California
• Parts of New Mexico
• The Northwest Passage

The ability for states to decide on the issue of slavery is an example of what?

• The Bill of Rights
• Popular Sovereignty
• Electoral Process
• The 13th Amendment

Texas joined the Confederacy because they felt the United States was _________.

• becoming too large
• not protecting the interests of Texans
• in danger of being taken over by Great Britain
• taxing citizens too heavily

How were most abolitionists treated by white Texans? 

• They were threatened
• They were respected
• They were given gifts
• They were ignored