Civil War and Reconstruction Assessment Review

Who refused to take the oath of loyalty to the Confederacy and was removed as governor of Texas?

• William B Travis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Sam Houston

• Jim Bowie

How did slavery influence Texas and the other southern slave states to enter the Civil War?

• Texas wanted to end the slave trade

• Texans did not believe slavery should continue

• Slavery was not an issue

• Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to the economy of the south

What event would cause Texas and the other southern states to secede from the Union?

• The end of slavery in the United States

• The removal of Sam Houston as governor of Texas

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The Union troops attacking Ft. Sumter

Which event would have happened during the Civil War?

• The United States Congress voted to abolish slavery and passed the 13th amendment

• Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

• The United States Congress passed the 15th amendment

• The Freedmen's Bureau was created

Which event would have happened during Reconstruction?

• The United States Congress passed the 13th amendment that abolished slavery

• Texas and other Southern states voted to secede from the United States

• Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

• Sam Houston was removed as governor of Texas

True or False - Union soldiers would take over the south and enforce new Reconstruction laws

• True

• False

A supporter of secession would have

• Supported Slavery

• Believed war would be against the oath that they took to the United States

• Wanted to end slavery

• Voted for Abraham Lincoln

Even though Sam Houston was against war with the United States he still believed in

• Seceding

• Taking the Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy

• Supported slavery

A person that supported secession would have

• Voted to stay in the Union

• Voted to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy

• Voted to form their own Republic

• Did not vote

What was two reasons Sam Houston did not support secession?

• He had served in the Confederacy and wanted slavery to end

• He believed slavery was wrong and Texas should be an independent nation

• He was friends with Abraham Lincoln but wanted to serve in the Confederacy

• He had swore an oath to the United States and believed the south would be defeated