Secession Atlas Activity

How many states seceded with Texas from the Union

• 5
• 11
• 15
• 21

Looking at the definitions of the words secede and Union. What does it mean to say that Texas seceded from the Union?

• Texas formally left Mexico.
• Texas formally joined the United States
• Texas formally left the United States.
• Texas divided in half - free and slave.

What was the primary issue that divided the United States and caused the South to secede?

• Mexican War
• Slavery
• Annexation of Texas
• Compromise of 1850

In 1860, 30 percent of Texans were enslaved.

• True
• False

The number of free African Americans in Texas increased between 1850 and 1860.

• True
• False

There were more enslaved women in Texas in 1860 than there were enslaved people in Texas in 1850

• True
• False

The number of enslaved people in Texas increased 314 percent between 1850 and 1860.

• True
• False

Most of the country’s manufacturing centers were located in the

• North
• South

Agriculture and slavery was part of the history of the economy of the

• North
• South

Cotton was highly profitable to the South because of

• High Tariffs
• Unpaid Slave Labor
• Demand from Textile Mills