Social Studies Weekly Week 22

Why were so many people like Jake's family interested in coming to Texas?

• because they heard of the brave soldiers who fought at the Battle of the Alamo

• because they liked to travel and see the world

• because they were hoping for a better life

• because they were being forced off their land in other places

What was a common way for people to come to Texas?

• by car

• by wagon

• by boat

• by train

What is the frontier?

• the furthermost part of a settled country

• the furthest one can go before you hit an ocean

• a unique land feature

• a place where people went to be safe from the dangers of life in early Texas

What side did Texas join in the Civil War?

• The Union

• The Confederacy

Why did the south secede from the rest of the United States?

• because the south wanted to control the national government

• because the south wanted to give more rights to women

• because the south wanted to keep slaves

• because the south didn't want to trade or sell with the north

What did Mollie Bailey do before the Civil War?

• she lived at home and raised kids

• she taught in a one room school house

• she was a nurse

• she performed shows with her family

How did Mollie get close to enemy soldiers?

• she pretended to be an old lady selling cookies

• she would get close and cry for help

• she pretended to be a nurse

• she would volunteer to cook for them

The Northern economy was made up of

• farmers

• manufacturerers

• doctors and lawyers

• migrant workers

The president of the United States during the Civil War was

• John F Kennedy

• Andrew Jackson

• Barack Obama

• Abraham Lincoln

The south exported

• tobacco and cotton

• corn and wheat

• oranges and strawberies

• none of the above