Unit 8 Civil War and Reconstruction

During the Civil War the US was divided by sectionalism, what were the parts that the country was divided into?

• West and East

• West, Central, East

• North and South (with the western part of the country not populated yet)

• Southwest and Northwestern

What was the idea that states could limit the power of the national government?

• nullification

• secede

• purification

• sectionalism

Which political party was mostly in the NORTH and wanted to limit states’ rights?

• Independent Party

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Whig Party

Which political party was mostly in the SOUTH and wanted to increase states’ rights?

• Independent Party

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Whig Party

Whose election as President of the U.S. in 1860 moved the nation closer to war?

• Anson Jones

• Sam Houston

• James K. Polk

• Abraham Lincoln

Sam Houston was the ______________ when Texas decided to leave the U.S.

• President of the US

• Governor of Texas

• Senator to the U.S.

• Commanding General of the Southern Army

What Texas port city was fought over in 1862? [because both sides wanted to control the flow of supplies in and out of Texas]

• Galveston

• Corpus Christi

• New Orleans

• Dallas

Why was the Battle of Sabine Pass such an important victory for the Confederacy?

• it ended Union plans to invade Texas

• the Union surrendered, ending the war

• the Union lost all of their naval ships

• ALL of these answers are correct

How did the war affect farming in Texas?

• farmers planted more cotton

• farmers abandoned their farms

• farmers planted more corn and wheat to feed hungry soldiers

• farmers sold their land to the United States

What was the name of the Union General which the Confederate General, Robert E. Lee surrendered to at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Sam Houston

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant