Tx in the Civil War

How did Sam Houston's opinion compare with those of most Texans on the Kansas-Nebraska Compromise and on secession from the Union?

• Houston voted for the compromise and was in favor of secession just like most other Texans.
• Houston voted against the compromise, but was in favor of secession, unlike most other Texans.
• Houston voted against the compromise and was opposed to secession, unlike most other Texans.

What evidence is there to indicate how Governor Sam Houston felt about Texas seceding from the Union?

• He wouldn't sign the Confederate loyalty oath and resigned as Texas governor.
• He moved out of Texas and went to live in Tennessee.
• He resigned as Texas governor and signed up to fight with the Union troops against Texas.

Republican Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election in _______.

• 1854
• 1845
• 1860

Texas entered the Union as a slave state in _______.

• 1845
• 1854
• 1860

This term means to formally withdraw.

• draft
• regiments
• secede

This side had a well-established government ready to conduct and raise money for the war.

• the North
• the South

This side had more railroads and so could move troops and supplies more easily.

• the North
• the South

This side had far more factories, so it could produce more weapons and supplies.

• the North
• the South

Unionists were people who wanted to stay in the Union and work out differences over slavery.

• True
• False

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 made it mandatory for federal marshals to assist in recapturing runaways.

• True
• False