Texas and the Civil War

How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?

• Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it

• Most Texans did not own slaves so it did ot have an influence.

• Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy

• Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade

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

• Tariffs

• Election of 1860

• States rights

• Texas joining the United States

Which Governor was removed from office for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy?

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Francis Lubbock

• Sam Houston

• John Bell Hood

In Texas history, what is the significance of the year 1861?

• The legislature passed a law making fence-cutting a felony

• Hurricane winds destroyed the area surrounding Galveston.

• Charles Goodnight created the first cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle.

• The Secession Convention decided that Texas should withdraw from the Union.

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

• peanuts

• sugar cane

• potatoes

• cotton

Why were so few Civil War battles fought in Texas?

• Texas was geographically at the farthest end of the Confederacy

• the Texas Navy kept the Union army out of Texas for the entire war

• the Confederate army was superior to the Union army and prevented blockades

• Texas were already involved in battles with Native Americans on the frontier

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.

What was one of the major economic differences between the North and the South before the Civil War?

• The South was much larger than the North and had more factories

• Fewer southern farmers than northern farmers owned land.

• The South produced a wider variety of products compared to the North.

• The economy of the South was dependent on slave labor

Texas was more economically successful than other states after the Civil War because

• Since few battles were fought on Texas soil most fields and farms were not destroyed.

• Because of the tariff, Texans had a better plan to recover from the war.

• Plantation owners and former slaves worked together to increase cotton production after the war.

• During Reconstruction, the Union worked to build Texas' economy first.

The 13th Amendment was added to the Constitution to end-?

• the Civil War

• slavery

• Reconstruction

• inequality among races