Civil War and Reconstruction

What major factor led to the expansion of slavery in Texas?

• Larger cotton plantations

• More railroads built in the South

• Larger Urban growth

• Higher demand for lumber workers in East Texas.

In the 1850s, the Republican Party in the north was opposed to which issue?

• the spread of slavery into new territories

• the south becoming a part of Mexico

• the continuation of tariffs and other protection for northern industry

• the annexation of Texas into the United States

The theory that a state could choose whether to obey or enforce federal laws is known as state’s rights. To what issue did Texas apply state’s rights?

• sectionalism

• Indian removal

• abolition

• slavery

Why did many people in the Southern states oppose high tariffs?

• They wanted Southern manufacturers to have economic protection against imported goods.

• They wanted Northern factories to have protection against imported goods.

• High tariffs meant that it would cost more to purchase imported products.

• They did not oppose high tariffs because the tariffs had no impact on the Southern states.

What can you infer from the map above?

• The majority of the slave owners live in the Panhandle of Texas

• The majority of the slave owners live in the South and Eastern part of Texas

• Counties opposed to secession were slave owners

• The majority of the voting counties were opposed to secession

What factories opened in Texas because of the Civil War and the increase in demand for the product?

• textile factories

• meat processing plants

• weapon and iron factories

• medical equipment factories

According to the chart above, the south did not want to abolish slavery because

• slaves were older and were dying out in the south.

• their economy was based on cotton.

• the Southern states should be allowed to secede.

• a permanent compromise with the South on slavery was possible.

What were women’s roles during the Civil War?

• Take care of the home front, including ranches, farms, and businesses.

• develop technology to help on the farms

• destroy their farms and move to the city for protection

• fill all of the political offices while the men were away

What was the main goal of Reconstruction?

• ensure the South paid off all its war debts

• integrate African Americans fully into Southern society

• restore the South to the Union as quickly as possible

• establish Northern control over the South

What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?

• abolished slavery and involuntary servitude

• guaranteed African American men the right to vote

• permitted Congress to levy an income tax

• established the election of U.S. senators by popular vote