Unit 7 Bouchard

Why did African Americans in Texas choose to fight for the Union Army?

• They had achieved freedom and could do so
• They did not want to fight alongside their former owners
• A Union victory would result in a quicker end to slavery
• The Union Army paid them

Northerners wanted to abolish slavery and Southerners wanted to keep slavery.  These two divided sections of the US selfishly focused on their own needs.  This is called....

• sectionalism
• nationalism
• patriotism
• sectarianism

Which Texan in the U.S. Senate voted against the Kansas-Nebraska Act for fear it would lead to civil war?

• Henry Shibley
• Sam Houston

Which factor leading to Texas's secession concerns how much a state is allowed to govern itself and how much power the federal government has over the state? This included Texas's belief that it had the right to decide whether to allow slavery.

• the Election of 1860
• states' rights

Dred Scott v. Sanford outraged abolitionists and led closer to Civil War because in the case, the Supreme Court ruled that-

• African Americans weren't citizens and had no rights
• it was unconstitutional for Congress to outlaw slavery because it violated 5th amendment property rights
• the Missouri Compromise was illegal since it banned slavery in northern territories
• all of the above

Why did some Texans, such as Sam Houston, want to avoid secession?

• He remembered the days when Texas was an independent nation and thought Texas was better off as a member of the Union.
• He was a fierce abolitionist and didn't want slavery to exist in Texas.

1861 Is important to Texas history because?

• Texas annexed from the US
• Texas Seceded from the US
• Texas defeated Mexico in war
• Mexico defeated Spain in war

Who was Abraham Lincoln and what were some of his values?

• President of the United States: Supported Secession
• President of the Confederacy: Supported Secession
• President of the United States; Opposed Secession
• President of the Confederacy; Opposed Secession

Why did Texas secede from the Union in 1861?

• Texas was an agricultural state with large, slaveholding plantations, whose owners who controlled politics and voted to join the Confederacy.
• Texans, like most Southerners, believed they should support the abolition of slavery and seceded to keep that right.
• Texans opposed tariffs on imported slaves and therefore supported secession.
• Governor Sam Houston encouraged Texans to vote for secession to protect slavery in the state.

How did Sam Houston feel about secession? What did he do when he realized the outcome?

• He was in favor of secession and joining the Confederacy immediately.
• He opposed secession and would not remain Governor if they joined the Confederacy.
• He was in favor of secession because he was a slave owner.
• He opposed secession but would let the state decide what they wanted.