Chapter 7 - New Challenges for Texas

Why did settlers bring African American slaves to Texas? (242)

• To help fight in the Civil War

• To stop the spread of slavery

• To work on farms and plantations

• To help other enslaved workers to freedom

Why did planters in Texas grow wealthy in the 1850s? (243)

• They discovered oil.

• They sold a lot of cotton.

• They sold their land to newcomers.

• They bought goods and resold them at higher prices.

Which of the following led to the secession of Texas? (244)

• Tariffs hurt the economy of the North.

• Abolitionists spoke out against slavery.

• States were given the right to nullify laws.

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.

Why did the North set up blockades along the Texas coast during the Civil War? (247)

• To capture ships

• To get soldiers to shore

• To move supplies to troops

• To stop supplies from entering or leaving

Which ended slavery in the Confederacy? (247)

• The surrender at Appomattox Court House

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Texas Constitution of 1845

• The secession of Texas

Why did people in Texas start to celebrate Juneteenth? (252)

• To celebrate the end of the war

• To honor those that died in the Civil War

• To celebrate the day slaves in Texas learned they were free

• To celebrate the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation

Which phrase best describes life in Texas during Reconstruction? (253)

• The same as before the war

• Difficult for almost everyone

• Peaceful and productive for all

• Easy for most but hard for a few

Which was a goal of the Freedmen's Bureau? (253)

• To end slavery in Texas

• To reduce tariffs in the South

• To help planters rebuild farms

• To help newly freed African Americans

What was included in the Texas Constitution of 1869? (255)

• Equal rights for women

• Establishment of the Ku Klux Klan

• Voting rights for African American men

• Citizenship rights for Mexican Americans

What did many Texas farmers have to learn during Reconstruction? (253)

• How to find good homes and jobs

• How to adopt a new state constitution

• How to grow crops without enslaved workers

• How to sell more cotton to countries in Europe