Unit 6: Civil War and Reconstruction Exam

Based on this image of Abraham Lincoln, which speech do you think he is delivering? Write your answer in Cornell note style.

This map represents which cause of the Civil War?

• Sectionalism
• States' Rights
• Slavery
• Lincoln's Election

Which Civil War battle was fought after the war was over?

• Sabine Pass
• Red River
• Palmito Ranch
• Galveston

What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?

• abolished slavery and involuntary servitude

• guaranteed African American men the right to vote

• permitted Congress to levy an income tax

• established the election of U.S. senators by popular vote

African slavery...having been terminated within this State...and its re-establishment being prohibited by the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, it is declared that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...shall exist in this State; and Africans and their descendants, shall be protected in their rights of person and property by appropriate legislation...-Texas Constitution of 1866

How did the Texas Constitution of 1866 grant African Americans rights?

• It granted them the right to amend the Constitution of 1866.

• It granted them the right to be free.

• It granted them the right to enslave other people.

• It granted them the right to build their own schools.

People moved within the state, too, usually from the countryside to towns and cities. Texas was still more than 90-percent rural, but urban centers were growing. Galveston and San Antonio were the largest cities during this period.

However, some Texans left the state. Former Confederates who refused to take an oath of loyalty to the United States were part of that group. A few of these individuals moved to Brazil, where slavery was still legal. They founded settlements where their descendants still live today. Other former Confederates moved to Mexico.

-Texas History

According to the excerpt, how did the population shift within Texas during the Reconstruction era?

• Many people moved to the coast to work in the fishing industry.

• Many people moved from rural areas to growing towns and cities.

• Many people fled cities for a better quality of life in the countryside.

• Many people moved to higher elevations to escape devastating floods.

How did the Emancipation Proclamation impact Texas and the rest of the confederate states?

• It declared that all men between 18-35 years old had to serve in the armed forces

• It declared that all goals of the war were accomplished

• It declared that all enslaved persons in the confederate states were freed

• It declared that freeing enslaved persons could not be enforced

What was the result of the Battle of Sabine Pass?

• It stopped the eastern border of Texas from Union invasion.

• It cut the Confederacy in half.

• It invaded Arkansas by sending troops up the Mississippi River.

• It ended the fighting taking place in Texas.

“In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.”

--Sam Houston

Using the quote above, what is Sam Houston referring to?

• The annexation of Texas

• Texas joining forces with Mexico

• His strongly held belief that Texas should remain in the Union

• Becoming the President of the Confederate States of America

What were the 'black codes'?

• laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
• laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans
• another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
• secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan