Texas History Interim 4

In February of 1861, Texas voted to secede from the United States. Secede means to _________.

• join

• annex

• leave

• debate

The Civil War was fought mainly over the issue of ________.

• slavery

• religion

• oil

• education

Why did many Texans fight for the South in the Civil War?

• to rejoin the country of Mexico

• to become an independent nation again

• to stop slavery in Texas

• to protect slavery and states' rights

Who won the Civil War?

• Confederacy

• Union

• Mexico

• Texas

After the Civil War, the United States army took over Texas. What is one reason they did this?

• to protect emancipated, or freed, slaves

• because the land in Texas was cheap

• to prepare to fight Mexico

• to hunt buffalo for their food

The time period after the Civil War was called __________.

• Rebuilding

• Reconstruction

• Realignment

• Readjustment

After the Civil War, Amendments 13, 14, and 15 were passed. These were about________________.

• trade with European countries

• the building of new railroads in the west

• freedoms and rights for African Americans

• farming and sharecropping practice

During Reconstruction, Texas____________.

• became part of Mexico again

• became an independent country

• was allowed to rejoin the Union

• decided to stay part of the Confederacy

What is the best title for this map?

• Cattle Trails

• Reconstruction

• Texas Immigrants

• Oil Refineries

Why did pioneering Texans such as Lizzie Johnson and Charles Goodnight

      make trails through Texas to places in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and 

      Wyoming?  

• to make it easier to visit friends and families

• they followed buffalo so they had plenty of food

• to make it easier for American Indians to travel

• they needed to drive cattle long distances