SS Unit 8 Civil War and Reconstruction

Which statement BEST describes an effect of the Civil War on the Texas economy?

• Cotton production stopped

• Factory workers took jobs on farms.

• Sharecropping and tenement farming increased.

• Oil companies moved out of the state.

Which is true of Texas during the Civil War?

• Texans fought in the Confederate Army.

• All Texans believed in slavery.

• Only a few Texans became soldiers.

• There was plenty of food and other necessities.

Which of the following is a political impact of the Civil War on Texas?

• Many men did not come back from the war.

• More corn and wheat were grown.

• Texas seceded from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln.

• Cattle drives continued normally.

Which of the following made it difficult for African American's to vote after Reconstruction?

• the Fourteenth Amendment

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Jim Crow Laws

• the Freedman’s Bureau

During Reconstruction, which of the following did the Texas government have to do before reentering the Union?

• write a new constitution and create a new state government

• divide into two separate states

• elect Sam Houston as governor

• elect Andrew Johnson as president

What is one way railroads influenced the Texas economy?

• Encouraged trade

• Raised unemployment

• Slowed urban development

• Stopped westward settlement

In Texas's free enterprise system, ___________ sell goods and services to ___________.

• consumers; governments

• producers; consumers

• governments; merchants

• merchants; producers

In the 19th century, the Texas cattle industry increased profits because of the growing popularity of beef around the United States. This is an example of—

• boom and bust

• supply and demand

• checks and balances

• science and technology

Railroads in the late 1800s had an impact on the Texas economy in all of the ways EXCEPT—

• the building of better roads was ended

• populations grew in cities located on rail lines

• Texas increased exports to the rest of the country

• the Texas frontier opened up for ranching and farming