Texas and the Growth of Slavery

Texas was admitted to the United States as a ____ state

• slave

• free

• northern

• foreign

Some people in the United States opposed adding Texas as a state because they feared it would expand the practice of slavery. These opponents of slavery were known as -

• abolitionists

• segregationists

• secessionists

• scalawags

In 1860, ____ was elected President of the United States, angering many Southern states.

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Jefferson Davis

• Sam Houston

In 1860, southern political leaders feared that the newly elected president would eventually ___ the practice slavery.

• abolish

• preserve

• expand

• trade

South Carolina was the first southern state to ____ from the "union" of the United States.

• secede, or withdraw

• renew, or recommit

• graduate, or promote

• be excused

More and more Texans supported secession from the United States, but ___ opposed it.

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Stephen F. Austin

• John Bell Hood

Many German immigrants and Texans living along the frontier voted ____ secession.

• against

• for

• to delay

• to accelerate

1861 is a significant date in Texas because it marks the-

• beginning of the Civil War

• end of the Civil War

• adoption of our current state constitution

• annexation of Texas

The expansion of slavery into western parts of the United States (such as Texas), played a ____ role in causing the Civil War

• central

• small

• very insignificant

• secondary

A defining characteristic of the BEGINNING of the Civil War era was-

• the secession of southern states

• Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House

• the election of Sam Houston

• Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation