Unit 9 Test Review

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

What were the 'black codes'?

• laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
• laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans
• another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
• secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• Abolished slavery
• Gave African American men the right to vote
• defined national citizenship and forbade the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
• made it illegal for any state to secede

What did the 15th Amendment guarantee?

• Slavery is abolished
• Freed African Americans' rights are protected
• African American men can vote
• Women can vote

What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

• Slavery would be abolished
• The rights of the freed people would be protected
• African American could vote
• Women could vote

What was the significance of the Battle of Palmito Ranch? 

• First major battle of the Civil War
• Last major battle of the Civil War
• Turning point of the Civil War
• Last major battle of the Texas Revolution

Explain the significance of the year 1861? 

• This was the year Santa Anna was born
• This was the year The Mexican war began
• This was the year of Texas Annexation into the United States
• The year Texas seceded into the Confederacy starting the Civil War

Who won the Civil War?

• The Union
• The Confederacy

Which of the following reflects the South's attitude after the Civil War.

• The were very cooperative with the US government.
• They worked to limit the rights of the freed slaves.
• They were just happy the war was over.
• The South was very sympathetic towards the freed slaves.

What was the name of the government agency that helped the freed slaves by giving them food, and some educational opportunities.

• Slaves Union
• NAACP
• The Civil Rights Act
• Freedmen's Bureau