Texas History Quiz

What was the largest economic activity in Texas before the Civil War? (4.11A)

• oil

• agriculture

• mining

• fishing

What was the primary reason Texas chose to secede? (4.4A)

• their economy was based on slavery

• their economy was based on low wage factory workers

• their economy was primarily cattle

• their economy was primarily mining

Complete the graphic organizer above. What are these the results of?

• Reconstruction

• Civil War

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

Complete the graphic above. What required these actions?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Texas re-entering the Union

• The Confederate States of America

• The Texas Reconstruction act of 1866

What U.S. law gave all African Americans freedom?

• 15th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

Complete the graphic organizer. What provided these items to African Americans in Texas after the end of slavery?

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The Freedmen’s Bureau

• The Emancipator’s Bureau

• The Reconstruction Refugee Department

After the Civil War, what group formed that is against African Americans?

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The Freedmen’s Bureau

• The Emancipator’s

• The Texas Rangers

What laws required these types of signs to be posted in public places in Texas?

• Sharecropping Cycle Regulations

• Emancipation Proclamation Statutes

• Jim Crow Laws

• Texas Constitution Laws

Why did Texas have trouble communicating with the rest of the Confederate States during the Civil War?

• Texas was seceding and becoming a republic again

• War torn land in Texas prevented use of the railroads

• The Union blockade in the Gulf of Mexico

• The Union control of the Mississippi River

What economic activity did most African Americans participate in during Reconstruction?

• Agriculture

• Cattle ranching

• Textile factories

• Household service