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WorksheetsCivil War, Reconstruction, Cotton, Cattle, and Rail
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
Why is the year 1861 important in Texas History?
a)
Texas would withdraw from the Union
b)
Fence cutting became a felony
c)
The first cattle drives took place in Texas
d)
Hurricane winds destroyed Galveston
2.
Battle of Sabine Pass
Battle of Galveston
Battle of Palmito Ranch
These things are all...
Battle of Galveston
Battle of Palmito Ranch
These things are all...
a)
Battles of the Mexican Revolution.
b)
Civil War battles in Texas.
c)
Turning points for the Civil War.
d)
Part of the Texas Revolution.
3.
Why was the Freedmen's Bureau created?
a)
to provide food, clothing, education, and legal services to former slaves
b)
to make sure everyone was treated equally in the United States
c)
to give blacks the right to vote
d)
to end slavery
4.
Define sharecropping.
a)
harvesting from a particular area
b)
art of placing ones body in a photograph
c)
a system in which landowners let poor farmers use small areas of their land, and in return, the farmers gave landowners a share of their crops.
5.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
Freed slaves in the Union.
b)
Freed slaves only in the south.
c)
Attempted to stop Reconstruction.
d)
Ended the Confederacy
6.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
Made former slaves citizens and protected their rights.
b)
Made freedmen slaves.
c)
Brought the South into the Union.
d)
Started Reconstruction.
7.
What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?
a)
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
b)
guaranteed African American men the right to vote
c)
permitted Congress to levy an income tax
d)
established the election of U.S. senators by popular vote
8.
Why was Texas affected by communication issues during the civil war?
a)
Telephones allowed soldiers to call home
b)
Telegraphs helped the Confederacy anticipate Union movements
c)
Photographs of the war made people want the war to end
d)
Slow communication allowed more fighting and delayed slave freedom
9.
What hashtag would describe Texas during the Civil War?
a)
#SlaveryDividesNation
b)
#UnionMustBePreserved
c)
#FightforFreedom
d)
#TexasWelcomesIndianCitizens
10.
Why did many Texans support to secede from the Union?
a)
Hated high federal taxes
b)
Wanted Abraham Lincoln as president
c)
Felt USA gave states too much
d)
Believed citizens should own slaves
11.
What battle was fought AFTER the Civil war was over
a)
Palmito Ranch
b)
Monett's Ferry
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Galveston
12.
What three inventions changed agriculture in Texas?
a)
Barbed Wire, Windmill, Irrigation
b)
Windmill, Commercial farming, water wells
c)
barbed wire, solar panels, geothermal
13.
What invention allowed ranchers and farmers to pump water from underground?
a)
Windmills
b)
Barbed Wire
c)
Augers
14.
Who is a former governor that set up the Railroad Commission and protected Texas citizens from businesses?
a)
James Hogg
b)
Quanah Parker
c)
Charles Goodnight
d)
Bose Ikard
15.
What helped the cattle industry develop in Texas?
a)
Railroads
b)
ranched in the Northern States
c)
the canal system
d)
The French bringing cattle to America
16.
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
a)
African Americans who fought on the Texas Frontier
b)
American Indians who fought in the Civil War
c)
Anglo-Americans
17.
What type of agricultural economy did Texas change to after the Civil War?
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Petrolium Based
c)
It was destroyed
d)
Increased cotton production
18.
How did Barbed Wire help farmers in West Texas?
a)
Protect crops from cattle
b)
encouraged growth of railroads
c)
a way to earn money selling fencing
d)
protected land for conservation
19.
What is an effect of ranchers pumping water with a windmill?
a)
Springs and streams dried up
b)
irrigation pipes caused river flooding
c)
plants did not get enough water
d)
cattle died from drinking salt water
20.
Why was Sam Houston removed as Governor?
a)
Wouldnt take oath to the Confederacy
b)
Took an oath to protect slavery
c)
Sam Houston was made a general in the Union
21.
What region of Texas did most immigrants settle?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Great Plains
c)
North Central Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
22.
Which of these DID NOT contribute to the closing of the frontier?
a)
Cattle Drives
b)
Commercial Farming
c)
Growth of Cities
d)
New Immigrants to TX
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