Texas and the Civil War (!)

How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?

• Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it. 
• Most Texans did not own slaves so it did not have an influence. 
•  Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy. 
• Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade.

Which Governor was removed from office for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy?  

• Mirabeau Lamar
• Francis Lubbock
• Sam Houston
• John Bell Hood

Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention in FAVOR of having Texas secede from the Union? 

• They were tired of paying high federal income tax. 
• They wanted Abraham Lincoln to be president. 
• They felt the United States gave states too many rights. 
• They believed citizens should be allowed to own slaves.

In Texas history, what is the significance of the year 1861? 

• The legislature passed a law making fence-cutting a felony. 
• Hurricane winds destroyed the area surrounding Galveston. 
• Charles Goodnight created the first cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle. 
• The Secession Convention decided that Texas should withdraw from the Union.

What cash crop accounted for the large increase in the slave population during the 1800's in Texas? 

• peanuts
• sugar cane
• potatoes
• Cotton

Why were so few Civil War battles fought in Texas?  

• Texas was geographically at the farthest end of the Confederacy 
• the Texas Navy kept the Union army out of Texas for the entire war
• the Confederate army was superior to the Union army and prevented blockades
• Texas were already involved in battles with Native Americans on the frontier

Why did the southern states threaten to secede?

• They thought that Lincoln would end slavery. 
• Lincoln would never end slavery 
• They thought Lincoln would be a bad president 
• Lincoln wanted war with Mexico

What was one of the major economic differences between the North and the South before the Civil War?

• The South was much larger than the North and had more factories.
• Fewer southern farmers than northern farmers owned land. 
• The South produced a wider variety of products compared to the North. 
•  The economy of the South was dependent on slave labor.

"...the North perhaps is and has been infringing on Southern rights, but what can the South do to better the matter by withdrawing from the Union. There cannot in my opinion any good result from such a procedure. " -Elm Fork Echoes, VXX, May 1992 
The author in the writing above wants to prevent the —

• Texas Revolution 
• Mexican War 
• Civil War 
• American Revolution

What does secede mean?

• Join a political entity

• Withdraw from a political unit

• Encourage westward expansion

• Migrate to the east