The Civil War, 1861-1865

The "Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede" explicitly cited_____________, as the reason for disunion.

• preservation of slavery and white supremacy

• the infringement of States Rights

• loss of territory in the compromise of 1850

• The Adams Onis Treaty

About how many Texans answered the call for volunteers after the attack on Fort Sumner?

• 1000

• 25000

• 50000

• 100,000

How many Texan volunteers served in the Union army in the First and Second Cavalry regiments under Edmund Davis's command?

• 100,000

• 10,000

• 5000

• 2000

Most Texan Confederate soldiers served___________?

• East of the Mississippi River

• In Virginia

• West of the Mississippi River

• In Louisiana

A unionist, Governor, _____________. opposed secession and sought to prevent, then delay the secession convention.

• Jefferson Davis

• Randolph Campbell

• Sam Houston

• Stephen Austin

More than 900 Tejanos who served in the Civil War joined the ____________.

• Confederate Army

• Union Army

• Union Navy

• Confederate Merchant Marines

During the war, plantation and slave management generally fell to the responsibility of ______________.

• plantation mistresses

• Sons of the Plantation owners

• The Oldest and most loyal Slave

• No one

Confederate Generals Kirby Smith and John Magruder surrendered Texas to Union forces at _____________ May 1965

• Groce's Plantation

• San Antonio

• Houston

• Galveston

This prominent Confederate unit fought in every major battle from 1862 to 1865 including Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg, and the defence of Richmond.

• Hood's Texas Brigade

• the Second Texas Infantry

• Terry's Texas Rangers

• Waul's Texas Legion

The last battle of the Civil War occurred in Texas at ______________.

• Sabine Pass

• Galveston

• Palmito Ranch near Brownsville

• Corpus Christi