Chapter 7:Lesson1:Texas and the Civil War

What is a plantation?

• A fancy place to stay at

• a large farm that produces crops to sell

• a sort of plant

• a place to go on a fieldtrip

What was life like for enslaved African Americans working on Texas plantations?

• They didn't enjoy Texas hot weather.

• They enjoyed the long days of work with no pay

• Men, women, and children were forced to work long hours in the fields or doing other trades without pay and without any say in their own lives.

What rights or freedoms were enslaved African Americans denied under slavery?

• They were denied the right to vote.

• They were denied the right to be free and were bought or sold like property. They were denied the right o choose their own work and to be paid a fair wage.

• They were denied the right to choice their job

• They were denied the right to go to school

How did the population of enslaved African Americans in Texas change from 1840 to 1860?

• It ended

• It decreased

• It grew quickly

What did abolitionists believe?

• that all people should be free

• that slavery was a great idea

• that Texas needed more slaves

What is a tax paid on goods that come from another country?

• tariff

• nullify

• secede

To _________ is to officially leave or separate from a group.

• tariff

• nullify

• secede

• run

Many Southerners, on the other hand, felt states could __________, or cancel, laws they disagreed with.

• start

• restate

• nullify

• argue

What did the state of Texas do on March 5,1861?

• Texas celebrated

• Texas seceded from the United States.

Texans had a long history of riding horses, many Texas soldiers joined the _________, or a group of soldiers who fight battles on horseback.

• band

• cavalry

• the Mexican army