Texas Secession

What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the expansion of slavery
• the building of railroads 
• the provision of women's suffrage
• support for the homesteading 

The idea that a state could nullify a law led to what other idea about state’s rights?

• Secession
• Abolition
• Sectionalism
• Protective Tariffs

Governor Sam Houston was Governor of Texas right before Texas Seceded. Was he in favor of secession?

• Yes - he was in favor of secession

• No - he was not in favor of secession

​What was the result when Texans voted on secession in 1861?

• A majority of Texans supported secession
• A majority of Texans opposed secession
• Most Texans chose to remain neutral
• A majority of Texans supported Houston's position.

Many of the southern states _________ and formed the Confederate State of America. 

• seceded
• annexed
• ejected
• ran away 

Texas was a part of the...

• Pacific North West

• Union

• Deep South

• Confederacy

Why were the Southerners afraid of Abraham Lincoln becoming president?

• The Southerners believed that Lincoln would give the states more rights 
• The Southerners believed that Lincoln would make the North Secede from the South 
• The Southerners believed that Lincoln would want to keep slavery in the US
• The Southerners believed that the US government would abolish slavery 

Why did Sam Houston not want to secede?

• He felt that the Union would crush the North, and there would be violence and destruction
• He felt that the Union would Crush the South, and there would be violence and destruction
• He felt that Texas needed to work on their economy 
• He felt that Texas needed more plantations and slaves 

1.  Texas entered the Civil War due the state’s rights argument that _________ 

• the federal government is right in imposing taxes
• the federal government does not have the power to force     states to follow certain laws
• the South is willing to pay tariffs on imports
• the North wanted to vote against tariffs and slavery

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