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Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name

Class

Date

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

The 15th Amendment?

gave black males the right to vote

defined who a citizen was

abolished slavery

gave D.C. the right to vote

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

peanuts

sugar cane

potatoes

Cotton

The 13th Amendment deals mostly with what topic?

Abolishing Slavery

Registering Voters

Electing Vice Presidents

Local Elections

The 14th Amendment was initially put into place to protect what group of people?

former slave owners

freed slaves

members of Congress

former presidents

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

14th

15th

16th

13th

In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?

Sons of the Confederacy

Neo-Nazis

Ku Klux Klan

Black Separatists

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

What was the significance of the Battle of Palmito Ranch?

First major battle of the Civil War

Last major battle of the Civil War

Turning point of the Civil War

Last major battle of the Texas Revolution

10.

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

11.

These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forcibly assigned to work for white landowners.

Freedman's Bureau Laws

Reconstruction Acts

Black Codes

Jim Crow Laws

12.

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

13.

Who was the President of the Union at the beginning of the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

Sam Houston

Jefferson Davis

Anson Jones

14.

At the end of a harvest, a sharecropper would usually pay a land owner:

the cash that was earned when the crops were sold.

a portion of the crops that were produced.

nothing.

all of the crops that were produced.

15.

In Texas history, what is the significance of the year 1861?

The legislature passed a law making fence-cutting a felony.

Hurricane winds destroyed the area surrounding Galveston.

Charles Goodnight created the first cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle.

The Secession Convention decided that Texas should withdraw from the Union.

16.

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”

17.

Why did the southern states threaten to secede?

They thought that Lincoln would end slavery.

Lincoln would never end slavery

They thought Lincoln would be a bad president

Lincoln wanted war with Mexico

18.

The state holiday in Texas that celebrates Texas slaves learning they had been freed is called

Cinco de Mayo

Juneteenth

St. Patrick's Day

Emancipation Proclamation Day

19.

Many freedmen and poor slaves became what during Reconstruction?

land owners

business owners

sharecroppers

Northern citizens

20.

Northerners took over Reconstruction because

the South was not changing.

African Americans were gaining too many rights.

President Johnson insisted that the Freedmen's Bureau be renewed.

poor Southern whites were being given too much land.

21.

The Union established blockades in Galveston during the Civil War. What exactly did these blockades do?

They blocked the ports so the Confederacy could not receive supplies.

They created pathways so ships could enter easily.

They allowed Confederate soldiers to board the Union ships.

22.

Northerners wanted to abolish slavery and Southerners wanted to keep slavery. These two divided sections of the US selfishly focused on their own needs. This is called....

sectionalism

nationalism

patriotism

sectarianism

23.

What Texas port was the most critical to the Union Army for "Scott's Great Snake"?

Galveston

Sabine Pass

Brownsville

Matamoros

24.

How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?

Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it.

Most Texans did not own slaves so it did not have an influence.

Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy.

Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade.

25.

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

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Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

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