UIL Study Guide

UIL Study Guide

6th - 8th Grade

60 Qs

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UIL Study Guide

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tariffs

Election of 1860

States Rights

Texas joining the United States

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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