Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas

What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?

• the American Missionary Association
• the Freedmen's Bureau
• the Ku Klux Klan
• the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP

Which Governor was removed from office for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy?  

• Mirabeau Lamar
• Francis Lubbock
• Sam Houston
• John Bell Hood

Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen?

• 14th
• 15th
• 16th
• 13th

The 13th Amendment deals mostly with what topic?

• Abolishing Slavery
• Registering Voters
• Electing Vice Presidents
• Local Elections

Why did the Union want to gain control of Texas during the Civil War?​

• The Union wanted access to Mexico to import supplies for Union troops
• The Union wanted to prevent the Texans' export of cotton
• The Union needed more soldiers to fulfill the Conscription Act
• The Union wanted to prevent Texans from importing cotton and sending it to New England textile mills

Which newspaper headline would have appeared during the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War?

• “Jim Crow Laws End”

• “Former Slaves Made Citizens”

• “Supreme Court Issues Dred Scott Decision”

• “Emancipation Proclamation Issued”

The 15th Amendment?

• gave black males the right to vote
• defined who a citizen was
• abolished slavery
• gave D.C. the right to vote

Reconstruction was the process of

• rebuilding the South after the Civil War
• creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
• instituting Black Codes for former slaves
• eliminating the plantation economy in the South

What cash crop accounted for the large increase in the slave population during the 1800's in Texas? 

• peanuts
• sugar cane
• potatoes
• Cotton

 How did slavery lead to Texas’ involvement in the Civil War? 

• Texas believed in slavery and did not want it abolished
• Texas did not believe in slave labor
• Texas was the only southern state to support the North
• Slavery did not lead to Texas’ involvement in the war