Unit 6 Test: Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas

1. What is leaving the Union of the United States called?

• Secession
• Sharecropper
• Reconstruction
• Cattle barons
• Cattle drives

2. What is the period of time following the Civil War, which lasted from 1865 to 1877?

• Secession
• Sharecropper
• Reconstruction
• Cattle barons
• Cattle drives

3. What is a farmer who did not own their own land; instead, they farmed on someone else’s land?

• Secession
• Sharecropper
• Reconstruction
• Cattle barons
• Cattle drives

4. What is transportation of cattle from ranches to markets called?

• Secession
• Sharecropper
• Reconstruction
• Cattle barons
• Cattle drives

5. What piece of legislation required all people escaping enslavement to be captured by law enforcement and returned to their legal owners?

• The Louisiana Purchase
• The Missouri Compromise
• The Three-Fifths compromise
• The Fugitive Slave Act

6. How many Texans fought for the Union Army?

• 10,000
• 14,000
• 20,000
• 60,000

7. Who did Houston support?

• France
• Mexico
• The Union
• The Confederacy

8. Where did the Emancipation Proclamation free enslaved people?

• All states
• New territories
• Western territories
• The rebellious states

9. When were enslaved people in Texas emancipated?

• June 19, 1865
• October 8, 1866
• March 30, 1870
• July 19, 1965

10. Which government agency helped emancipated African Americans?

• Bureau of Freedom
• Freedmen's Bureau
• Emancipation Bureau
• Bureau of Emancipation