Civil War

After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to?

• punish plantation owners for the use of slavery

• Support Radical reconstruction objectives in the South.

• Limit the impact of the thirteenth Amendment

• promote the activities of the Freedmen's Bureau.

One advantage the Confederacy had over the union during the Civil War was that Confederate forces had?

• knowledge of the terrain where most battle were fought.

• an extensive railroad system for moving troops and supplies

• a larger military in reserves

• numerous factories for producing weapons and ammunition

In the years before the Civil War , Texans supported the idea of States rights would most likely have also supported?

• The right to choose whether to own slaves or not?

• Prohibiting the spread of slavery.

• Abraham Lincolns election to the presidency.

• High tariffs on goods.

What was Lincoln's first attempt to free the slaves during the Civil War?

• The Thirteenth Amendment

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Gettysburg Address

• Lincoln's First inaugural Address

Who were the military leaders of the North and South?

• Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E .Lee and Ulysses S.Grant

• Ulysses S. Grant and Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln

Why was taking back control of Galveston island so important to General John Magruder and the Confederacy?

• it divided the Union forces in half weakening their control in the gulf.

• It was a Union stronghold that could not be defeated.

• It was the confederate capital of the south

• It would we open the port to export cotton to trade with Europe for supplies.

What is the correct sequence of the following events?

• Election of Lincoln 1860, Appromattox Courthouse , Emancipation Proclamation, Fort Sumter

• Fort Sumter, Election of Lincoln in 1860, Appromattox courthouse.

• Election of Lincoln in 1860, Fort Sumter, Emancipation Proclamation , AppomattoxCourthouse

• Appromattox Courthouse , election of Lincoln in 1860, Emancipation Proclamation, Fort Sumter

What is the importance of the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the United States?

• It granted the right of vote to all African Men.

• It granted citizenship to Native Americans.

• It outlawed discrimination in public places.

• It provided the admission of new states to the Union.

Many Civil War battles that took place in Texas occurred near sea ports. Why were these ports important to the Civil War effort?

• Texas ports were open, while most Northern ports were under blockade.

• Texas ports provided the Union army a way to supply their troops with supplies.

• Texas ports provided the Confederacy with a way to import and export supplies

• Texas ports could serve as locations for defending the Atlantic seaboard.

What was the significance of the year 1861?

• It was the year Texas gained statehood.

• It was the year the states began to secede from the Union

• It was the year that the Civil War started.

• It was the year Lee surrendered to Grant.