Civil War CFA

What impact did the Compromise of 1850 have on Texas?

• Texas had to pay $10 million to keep its claim on New Mexico and Colorado
• It set the present day boundary between Texas and New Mexico

• The Compromise had no impact on Texas
• Texas gained control of New Mexico and Colorado

What was necessary in the southern states in order to meet the demand for cotton production and economic growth?

• Reducing the use of machinery
• Implementing a ban on slavery
• Encouraging small-scale farming
• Increase the use of slave labor

What is one reason Sam Houston refused to join the other Southern states in seceding from the Union?

• He was not aware of the secession movement
• He wanted to honor the oath he had taken to the U.S. Constitution.

• He believed it would lead to economic prosperity for Texas
• He wanted to become the ruler of an independent Texas

What issue did Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party opposed?

• The spread Slavery

• The Mexican - American War

• Immigration
• Taxation

What is sectionalism?

• Different interests and beliefs of different regions or sections of a country
• A type of fabric used in upholstery
• The study of ancient civilizations
• A form of government with a single ruler

Were a majority of Texans for or against secession?

• For secession
• Against secession
• Secession was not a significant issue
• Undecided about secession

Why did Sam Houston think that the South would lose the Civil War?

• He felt the North would eventually overwhelm the South

• The North had a weaker economy
• The South had more advanced technology
• The South had better military strategy

How did the Confederacy justify secession?

• States' rights and the belief in the right to self-governance
• Economic reasons and the need for independence
• The desire to maintain slavery
• The belief in the superiority of the Southern states

Why did the Southern states dislike high tariffs?

• Lincoln wanted to support the industrial North

• They believed it would benefit their economy
• They thought it would lead to fair trade with the North
• High tariffs meant that it would be more expensive to import products.

Why did different sections of the country react differently to tariffs?

• Because they were all equally reliant on international trade
• Due to a lack of understanding of international trade
• The South dislikes the tariffs because it favored Northern factories

• Because they all agreed on the economic impact of tariffs