Civil War in Texas Test

Who was the president of the Union?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Ulysses S. Grant
• George Washington

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Theodore Roosevelt

Who was the top general of the Confederate army?

• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Lincoln
• Sam Houston

Who was the top general of the Union?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• Robert E. Lee
• Santa Anna

The Texas Secession Convention ordered all state officials to take an oath of allegiance to:

• President Lincoln
• The Union Army
• The Confederacy

What side did Texas swear allegiance to in the Civil War?

• The Union
• The Confederacy
• The North

All of these are different names for the North EXCEPT:

• Union
• Confederacy
• Federal army

Why was it necessary to evacuate the people in Galveston in 1862?

• To escape the coming attack by Union forces.
• To transport the last profitable cotton crop to be exported prior to the Civil War.
• To ensure the safety of the women and children by moving them toward Louisiana during the Texas Revolution.

Galveston served as a port for the city of?

• New Orleans
• Houston
• Vicksburg

Which leaders were no longer in office after the Texas Secession Convention in March, 1861?

• Sam Houston and John Reagan
• Mirabeau Lamar and Stephen F. Austin
• Jack C. Hays and Thomas Green