Unit 8 Review

Which of the following occurred during Reconstruction in Texas?

• Freedmen helped elect the first African Americans to the state legislature.

• General Philip Sheridan established the Fifth Military District in Texas.

• Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy.

• General Ulysses S. Grant was president.

What helped the economy in Texas during the 1800s?

• Gold mining

• Farming

• Oil drilling

• Fishing

What is free enterprise based on?

• Government control

• Supply and demand

• Military power

• Natural resources

What caused the largest boom in population in Texas history?

• The discovery of oil

• The railroad

• The gold rush

• The cotton industry

What began in Texas in 1865 when General Gordon Granger landed in Galveston and announced slaves were free?

• Civil War

• Indian Wars

• Reconstruction

• Cinco de Mayo

What does Juneteenth celebrate?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The end of the Civil War

• The Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in Texas

• The beginning of the Texas Revolution

What is the era immediately after the Civil War called?

• Texan annexation
• The Spanish colonial period.
• Contemporary Texas.
• Reconstruction.

Which flag or flags flew over Texas during the Civil War and Reconstruction?

• Confederate only

• Republic of Texas and United States

• United States only

• United States and Confederate

General Philip Sheridan...

• fought in the Texas Revolution

• lead the Union in the Civil War

• established the Fifth Military District in Texas during Reconstruction

• started Juneteenth celebrations