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WorksheetsCivil War in Texas Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the president of the Union?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
George Washington
2.
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
3.
Who was the top general of the Confederate army?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Lincoln
d)
Sam Houston
4.
Who was the top general of the Union?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Santa Anna
5.
The Texas Secession Convention ordered all state officials to take an oath of allegiance to:
a)
President Lincoln
b)
The Union Army
c)
The Confederacy
6.
What side did Texas swear allegiance to in the Civil War?
a)
The Union
b)
The Confederacy
c)
The North
7.
All of these are different names for the North EXCEPT:
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
c)
Federal army
8.
Why was it necessary to evacuate the people in Galveston in 1862?
a)
To escape the coming attack by Union forces.
b)
To transport the last profitable cotton crop to be exported prior to the Civil War.
c)
To ensure the safety of the women and children by moving them toward Louisiana during the Texas Revolution.
9.
Galveston served as a port for the city of?
a)
New Orleans
b)
Houston
c)
Vicksburg
10.
Which leaders were no longer in office after the Texas Secession Convention in March, 1861?
a)
Sam Houston and John Reagan
b)
Mirabeau Lamar and Stephen F. Austin
c)
Jack C. Hays and Thomas Green
11.
Since Texas could not trade with United States during the Civil War and its trade with Europe was interrupted by Union war efforts, cotton growers were forced to --
a)
Expand their markets to Mexico
b)
Relocate cotton plantations
c)
Smuggle goods to Confederate states.
12.
What role did Texas women play during the Civil War?
a)
Serving as spies for occupying Union troops.
b)
Leading the Confederate Army and helping to win the Battle of Galveston.
c)
Managing plantations and running family farms.
13.
Which of these is a correct interpretation of the information shown above?
a)
Total Confederate casualties were greater than total Union casualties.
b)
More Confederate soldiers died of wounds than of disease
c)
More than twice as many union soldiers died of disease than of wounds.
14.
Most of the battles in Texas occurred near?
a)
The Gulf Coast
b)
The Mexican border and the Rio Grande River.
c)
West Texas
15.
The men named in the box were all?
a)
Texas soldiers and leaders who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
b)
Governors of Texas during the Civil War.
c)
Northern soldiers in charge of implementing Reconstruction policies after the Civil War.
16.
The last battle of the Civil War took place in Texas one month after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Where did this battle take place?
a)
Laredo
b)
Mansfield
c)
Palmito Ranch
17.
Why could the North move troops and supplies more easily than the South?
a)
The North had more agricultural resources and slaves.
b)
The North had more factories to produce goods for the army.
c)
The North had more railroad tracks, stations, and trains.
18.
Which of the following was an advantage held by the South at the beginning of the war?
a)
Experienced military leaders
b)
Larger population from which to draft soldiers
c)
More factories and industrial resources
19.
Which amendment stated that states reserved rights not given to the Union by the constitution?
a)
11th
b)
10th
c)
5th
20.
Upon which institution did the South's economy rely on?
a)
slavery
b)
the cotton gin
c)
factories
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