3rd Nine Weeks Test Review

How did the end of the Civil War affect the cattle industry?

• much of the land used for grazing was destroyed in the war

• farmers had to move west and take land needed for grazing

• the demand for beef in the East brought rapid growth to the industry

• the loss in the Confederacy brought many cowboys to the cattle industry

During the latter half of the 1800's, which of the following was the BIGGEST problem faced by cattle ranchers in Texas?

• rustling

• cattle diseases

• flooding

• labor shortages

What CONCLUSION can you draw from the map above?

• all cattle trails that started in Texas led to towns in the East

• After the Civil War, ranchers used the trails to bring cattle from other states to Texas

• After the Civil War, numerous trails were added to support the growing cattle industry in Texas

• Before the Civil War, increased settlement encouraged Texas ranchers to find new markets for their cattle.

How did the Civil War AFFECT Texas?

• it destroyed agricultural land during battles

• it forced Texas to look at new ways to grow crops

• it hurt trade because of the destruction of ports

• it guaranteed equal rights to Native Americans

What was an EFFECT of Reconstruction in Texas?

• writing a new constitution

• developing an oil-based economy

• increasing cotton production

• giving total equality to former slaves

Southern states pass Black Codes. Texas Constitution of 1866 is adopted. Freedmen's Bureau is created.

Which of the following is the BEST title for the above?

• Effects of Texas Statehood

• Effects of Texas Reconstruction

• Effects of Texas Secession from Union

• Effects of Texas annexation

...the North perhaps is and has been infringing on Southern rights, but what can the South do to better the matter by withdrawing from the Union. There cannot in my opinion any good result from such a procedure.

Elm Fork Echoes, V.XX, may 1992

The author of the above is referring to which event in history?

• annexation

• secession

• reconstruction

• surrender

During Reconstruction, the Texas government was forced to write a new constitution. How were African Americans affected by this new constitution?

• African-American civil rights were enforced through the Freedmen's Bureau.

• By constitutional proclamation, African Americans were given small land grants.

• African-American men were given the right to vote.

• African Americans were granted social and economic equality.

The Freedmen's Bureau was extended to Texas in order to —

• settle immigrants

• educate former slaves

• control inflation

• introduce new crops

How did the Texas economy change just AFTER the Civil War?

• It became a petroleum-based economy.

• It became a sharecropping-based economy.

• It was destroyed because it depended on slavery.

• It was improved because it increased cotton production.