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WorksheetsChapter 7 - New Challenges for Texas
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
Why did settlers bring African American slaves to Texas? (242)
To help fight in the Civil War
To stop the spread of slavery
To work on farms and plantations
To help other enslaved workers to freedom
Why did planters in Texas grow wealthy in the 1850s? (243)
They discovered oil.
They sold a lot of cotton.
They sold their land to newcomers.
They bought goods and resold them at higher prices.
Which of the following led to the secession of Texas? (244)
Tariffs hurt the economy of the North.
Abolitionists spoke out against slavery.
States were given the right to nullify laws.
Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
Why did the North set up blockades along the Texas coast during the Civil War? (247)
To capture ships
To get soldiers to shore
To move supplies to troops
To stop supplies from entering or leaving
Which ended slavery in the Confederacy? (247)
The surrender at Appomattox Court House
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Texas Constitution of 1845
The secession of Texas
Why did people in Texas start to celebrate Juneteenth? (252)
To celebrate the end of the war
To honor those that died in the Civil War
To celebrate the day slaves in Texas learned they were free
To celebrate the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation
Which phrase best describes life in Texas during Reconstruction? (253)
The same as before the war
Difficult for almost everyone
Peaceful and productive for all
Easy for most but hard for a few
Which was a goal of the Freedmen's Bureau? (253)
To end slavery in Texas
To reduce tariffs in the South
To help planters rebuild farms
To help newly freed African Americans
What was included in the Texas Constitution of 1869? (255)
Equal rights for women
Establishment of the Ku Klux Klan
Voting rights for African American men
Citizenship rights for Mexican Americans
What did many Texas farmers have to learn during Reconstruction? (253)
How to find good homes and jobs
How to adopt a new state constitution
How to grow crops without enslaved workers
How to sell more cotton to countries in Europe
How did the building of railroads to the west affect American Indians in Texas? (258)
It created jobs for them.
Groups had to move farther and farther west.
More Anglo American settlers claimed their land.
Trade with Americans brought them great wealth.
How did the United States government protect settlers in Texas from raids by American Indians? (259)
The government gave settlers weapons to protect themselves.
The government sent soldiers to forts and built new forts.
The government helped settlers move farther east.
The government trained settlers as soldiers.
How did many Plains Indians in Texas meet their needs? (260)
Fishing
Weaving
Hunting buffalo
Working as a scout
Which was a major advantage for the United States during the Red River War? (262)
They became allies with the Comanche.
They knew the area better.
They had better weapons.
They moved constantly.
Why was the Red River War known to the Plains Indians as the Wrinkled Hand Chase? (263)
Their hands were wrinkled from the cold and damp weather.
The water from the Red River gave them wrinkled hands.
They had to wrinkle their hands to use their weapons.
Quanah's name was "Wrinkled Hand."
