Civil War & Reconstruction Test

1. What major factor led to the expansion of slavery in Texas?

• Larger cotton plantations
• More railroads built in the South
• Larger Urban growth
• Higher demand for lumber workers in East Texas.

2. In the 1850s, the Republican Party in the north was opposed to which issue?

• the spread of slavery into new territories
• the south becoming a part of Mexico
• the continuation of tariffs and other protection for northern industry
• the annexation of Texas into the United States

3. Why did many people in the southern states oppose high tariffs? Select TWO correct answers.

• High tariffs meant that it would cost more to purchase imported products.
• Southern business owners felt they were being targeted with unfair taxes.
• Southern states did not oppose high tariffs.
• They wanted southern manufacturers to have economic protection against imported goods.
• Tariffs had no impact on southern states.

4. What can you infer from the map?

• The majority of the slave owners live in the Panhandle of Texas.
• The majority of the slave owners live in the South and Eastern part of Texas.
• Counties opposed to secession were slave owners.
• The majority of the voting counties were opposed to secession.

5.

• Weapons
• Beef
• Medical Equipment
• Uniforms

6. According to the chart, the South did not want to abolish slavery because-

• enslaved persons were older and were dying out in the south
• their economy was based on cotton
• the Southern states should be allowed to secede
• a permanent compromise with the South on slavery was possible

7. What were women’s roles during the Civil War?

• Take care of the home front, including ranches, farms, and businesses.
• develop technology to help on the farms
• destroy their farms and move to the city for protection
• fill all of the political offices while the men were away

8. The main goal of Reconstruction was to?

• Cause more pain and suffering to the South
• Make the North feel superior
• Bring in new territories to the United States
• Restore the South to the Union as quickly as possible

9. 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

10. 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 build their own schools.
• It granted them the right to enslave other people.
• It granted them the right to be free.