TX20 - Texas and the Civil War

What important port city on the coast of Texas was fought over during the Civil War? [hint: both sides wanted it because controlling the port meant controlling the flow of supplies in and out of Texas]

• Galveston

• El Paso

• Brownsville

• Corpus Christi

What important Confederate victory ended Union plans to invade Texas? [hint: the Confederates managed to defeat the Union invasion with just 47 soldiers against a force of hundreds]

• Battle of Sabine Pass

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Texas

• Battle of the Coast

Based on this bar graph, which side had more resources in EVERY category?

• the Union

• the Confederacy

• both sides were equal on resources

• that information is NOT in this graph

This graph shows the resources available to the North and the South during the Civil War. Which resource is the ONLY one that the South had more than the North?

• farm acreage

• population

• railway mileage

• workers in manufacturing

One of the main causes that led to the Civil War was "sectionalism" which is -

• loyalty to one section of the country instead of to the ENTIRE country

• the idea that the U.S. would spread all the way to the Pacific Ocean

• the belief that the national government had no right interfering in state issues

• political power that resides with those people who choose to vote

Based on this map, the area of the U.S. where people would decide on the existence of slavery by voting [popular sovereignty] is the ________ area.

• purple

• blue

• green

• yellow

The ________ said that escaped slaves would be captured and returned to their owners, even if they were living in Free States at the time of their capture.

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Capture and Transport Law

• Slave Again Law

• Return to Slavery Law

Which political party existed mostly in the Southern U.S.? [hint: on this map, it's the gray area below the purple line]

• the Democratic Party

• the Republican Party

• the Whig Party

• the Independence Party

Why was Sam Houston removed from his position as Governor of Texas in 1861?

• he refused to take the Confederate Oath of Allegiance

• he lost the election in 1860 and was replaced as Governor

• he was caught stealing money from the Texas treasury

• he tried to abolish slavery in Texas, but was unsuccessful

Based on the image provided, which of these important people is CORRECTLY described?

• TOP LEFT - Sam Houston, elected President of the U.S. in 1860

• TOP RIGHT - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy

• BOTTOM LEFT - James K. Polk, commander of the Confederate Army during the war

• BOTTOM RIGHT - James Henderson, commander of the Union Army during the war