UIL Study Guide

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 not have an influence. 
•  Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy. 
• Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade.

All of the following could be considered causes of the civil war EXCEPT -

• Tariffs

• Election of 1860

• States Rights

• Texas joining the United States

Which Governor was removed from office for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy?  

• Mirabeau Lamar
• Francis Lubbock
• Sam Houston
• John Bell Hood

Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention in FAVOR of having Texas secede from the Union? 

• They were tired of paying high federal income tax. 
• They wanted Abraham Lincoln to be president. 
• They felt the United States gave states too many rights. 
• They believed citizens should be allowed to own slaves.

In Texas history, what is the significance of the year 1861? 

• The legislature passed a law making fence-cutting a felony. 
• Hurricane winds destroyed the area surrounding Galveston. 
• Charles Goodnight created the first cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle. 
• The Secession Convention decided that Texas should withdraw from the Union.

Which Civil War General did General Lee praise, "The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans."? 

• General John Bell Hood
• General Ulysses S. Grant
• General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson 
• General William T. Sherman

Why were so few Civil War battles fought in Texas?  

• Texas was geographically at the farthest end of the Confederacy 
• the Texas Navy kept the Union army out of Texas for the entire war
• the Confederate army was superior to the Union army and prevented blockades
• Texas were already involved in battles with Native Americans on the frontier

What cash crop accounted for the large increase in the slave population during the 1800's in Texas? 

• peanuts
• sugar cane
• potatoes
• Cotton

Why did the southern states threaten to secede?

• They thought that Lincoln would end slavery. 
• Lincoln would never end slavery 
• They thought Lincoln would be a bad president 
• Lincoln wanted war with Mexico

All of the following were associated with the Battle of Palmito Ranch EXCEPT: (7.5C) 

• fought along the Rio Grande River 
• fought after the surrender of the Confederacy to the North
• stopped in mid battle by agreement of both sides
• last military conflict of the Civil War in Texas