Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction

Which Constitution of Texas expanded the voting rights in Texas after the Civil War by stating all men, over the age of 21, regardless of race, were allowed to vote?

 

The Texas Constitution of 1876

• Constitution of 1876

• Constitution of 1821

• Constitution of 1824

• Constitution of 1861

Which amendment to the United States Constitution abolished (ended) slavery?

• 14th

• 15th

• 13th

• 10th

Which amendment to the United States Constitution guaranteed citizenship to all people including freed slaves?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 1st

What happened at these Texas locations:  Sabine Pass, Galveston and Palmetto Ranch?

• All battles of the Civil War

• All Battles of the American Revolution

• All Battles of World War I

• All Battles of WWII

Confederate troops captured the Union steamship, Harriet Lane, at which Texas Civil War battle?

• Battle of Sabine Pass

• Battle of Galveston

• Battle of Palmito Ranch

• Firing on Fort Sumter

Why were both sides still fighting in Texas when the Civil War was officially over?

• most were unwilling to give up

• No fighting occured

• Slow communications

• the war never ended

Texas troops will win which battle near the merging rivers by Fort Griffin by keeping Union troops from capturing the cities of Houston and Beaumont?

 

• Battle of Sabine Pass

• Battle of Palmito Ranch

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

What year did The Texas Secession Convention decide Texas should leave the Union and join the Confederacy?

• 1845

• 1836

• 1865

• 1861

The decision for Southern states to withdraw from the Union and the firing at Fort Sumter took place this year, starting the Civil War?

• 1836

• 1877

• 1861

• 1845

Which political party believed in plantations and agrarian society?

• Republican

• Democrat

• Whig

• Federalist