Texas Civil War & Reconstruction

After the Civil War, the southern states adopted Black Codes to -

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery

• support Radical Reconstruction efforts in the south

• promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau

• limit the effects of the 13th amendment

Texas seceded the Union and joined the

• United States of America
• Confederate States of America
• The South
• The United Kingdom

Who was the Governor of Texas that gave up his seat because he did not swear his allegiance to the Confederacy?

• Green DeWitt
• Stephen F Austin
• Sam Houston
• Davy Crockett

All Texans supported the Confederacy

• True
• False

The South's economy was based off ______________, while the North's economy was mostly _____________.

• cattle ranching, cotton industry
• manufacturing, agriculture
• cotton industry, cattle ranching
• agriculture, manufacturing

Which battle was the last of the Civil War and was fought in Texas?

• Battle of Corpus Christi
• Battle of Brownsville
• Battle of Palmito Ranch
• Battle of Gettysburg

General Robert E Lee spoke highly of the Texas Army units because

• Texas had the largest population in the South
• Texans were known to kindhearted
• Texans refused to fight the Mexican Army
• Texans had a good reputation for beating the Mexican Army 

During the Civil War only three battle took place on Texas soil

• True
• False

What was the "trigger event' that led to the South seceding from the Union?

• President Lincoln's assassination
• President Lincoln elected President
• The Battle of Fort Sumter
• The Emancipation Proclamation

Which of the statements below is true of women during the Civil War?

• Women did not go anywhere near the battlefield
• Women stopped working
• Women fought in the Civil War, but only for the Confederacy
• Women became providers for their families and soldiers