Texas history review

This act, which prohibited anyone from helping fugitive enslaved peoples to help escape enslavement, helped to further the divide between the North and the South

(a)  

A debate erupted in the U.S. Congress over what to do with the Unorganized Territories in 1854– which led to the proposal of this Act

(a)  

This decision, made by the U.S. Supreme Court, was a pivotal in that it weighed in on the debate over enslavement in the United States & seemed to imply that enslavement was protected by the U.S. Constitution

(a)  

This Texan was NOT a supporter of the secession of Texas from the Union… so much so that he refused to take an oath to the Confederacy after secession passed & was therefore removed from office

(a)  

Approximately _____ % of Texans voted against secession in 1861

• 50%

• 25%

• 10%

• 35%

This battle occurred in September of 1863, when a much larger Union force – which was attempting to retake Galveston– was defeated by a much smaller Confederate artillery force at Fort Griffin

(a)  

This battle occurred on January 1st, 1863, and resulted in the Confederate re-capture of an important port (the only major port the Confederacy would hold by the end of the war)

(a)  

Union General Nathaniel Banks successfully captured several key targets in southern Texas, including this city: (a)   -- a vitally important one in terms of trade between Texas and Mexico

This battle– the last one to be fought in Texas, and considered by most historians to be the last of the Civil War– was fought in far southern Texas in May 1865

(a)  

Though few battles would be fought in Texas during the war, Texans were significantly impacted by shortages of ________ and _________

(a)