Civil War in Texas Test Review

Which of the following statements BEST describes the Civil War era?

Select TWO correct answers.

• Sam Houston defeated General Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.

• Enslaved persons learned about their freedom on the 19th of June.

• Confederate General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.

• Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

Even after the Civil War ended, fighting raged on in Texas because --

• Troops did not read the newspaper.

• The government of Texas wanted to continue the war.

• News about the end of the war traveled slowly.

• Texas was winning the war.

During this battle of the Civil War, the Union Navy blockaded Texas ports, but the battle ended in the Confederate army retaking control.

• The Battle of Sabine Pass

• The Battle of Palmito Ranch

• The Battle of Galveston

• The Battle of San Jacinto

Which battles were fought in Texas?

Select THREE correct answers.

• Palmito Ranch

• Gettysburg

• Galveston

• Sabine Pass

What was the last battle of the Civil War

• Ft. Sumter

• Gettysburg

• Galveston

• Palmito Ranch

How did the battles of Galveston and Sabine Pass affect the war?

• Kept the Union from occupying central parts of Texas

• Allowed the Union to split the Confederacy in half

• Allowed the Confederacy to win the war

• These battles never happened

How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?

• Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it.

• Most Texans owned slaves and would lose money if slavery was outlawed.

• Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy.

• Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade

When I refused to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederate States of America, I was replaced as governor of Texas. Who am I?

• William B. Travis

• Sam Houston

• Stephen F. Austin

• Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following BEST describes agriculture in Texas AFTER the Civil War?

• It was destroyed when slaves were freed.

• It increased cotton production.

• Even the poorest could afford to buy land

• It began depending on sharecropping, which left many in a cycle of debt.

Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

We grew up from children to women during the war and it was hard for mother to get us suitable clothes. She gave us all her silk dresses and we turned them upside down and inside out and made over and used every scrap of material or trimming in some fashion or other, while the only new trimming we had was the tatting, crochet and drawn work we made ourselves. We had one new dress apiece during the war. Our brother-in-law, Dr. Long, gave us the money to buy them with. They were calico and cost $75.00 apiece, the buttons costing $10.00. . . . The calico had been smuggled across the Mexican border. It is needless to say we were exceedingly proud of them after such a long course of makeovers.

In the excerpt above, the phrase "smuggled across the Mexican border" refers to the importance of —

• Mexican factory production during the Civil War

• the railroad line between Galveston and North Texas

• blockade-running during the Civil War

• the port of Galveston as a shipping center