Texas and the Civil War

All of the following could be considered causes of the civil war EXCEPT

• Tariffs

• Election of 1860

• States rights

• Texas joining the United States

What cash crop accounted for the large increase in the slave population during the 1800's in Texas?

• peanuts

• sugar cane

• potatoes

• cotton

Why did the southern states threaten to secede?

• They thought that Lincoln would end slavery.

• They thought Lincoln would pass another protective tariff.

• Lincoln did not win the electoral college.

• Lincoln wanted war with Mexico.

Prohibiting African Americans from serving on juries, testifying against whites in courts, or voting were all ______?

• black codes
• basis for the 13, 14 and 15th amendments
• inclusions to the new Texas Constitution of 1866
• laws that the Freedman's Bureau tried to abolish

What was the result of the lack of medicine during the Civil War?

• New diseases appeared

• Disease increased

• Disease decreased

• People left the South

The Texas Constitution of 1869 allowed for

• Free land and farming equipment for African Americans

• Public education and voting rights for African Americans

• Money for freedmen

• Repayment of Civil War Debt

Settlers came to Texas after the Civil War because

• Texas didn't participate in the Civil War

• They wanted religious freedom

• They wanted land for their families

• We have great Tex-Mex food

Buffalo hunting resulted in:

• Native Americans losing a major food source

• An increase in other wildlife on the plains

• Many people moving to Mexico

• Many Native Americans being conscripted into the Army

The governor of Texas at the time of secession was... 

• Anson Jones
• Sam Houston
• Andrew Johnson
• Abraham Lincoln 

Northerners wanted to abolish slavery and Southerners wanted to keep slavery.  These two divided sections of the US selfishly focused on their own needs.  This is called....

• sectionalism
• nationalism
• patriotism
• sectarianism