WorksheetsCivil War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following best explains how the issue of sectionalism affected Texans in 1861?
Governor Sam Houston favored secession and most Texans were willing to follow his leadership.
The location of Texas led its citizens to support the Western section of the United States, which favored the North.
As the citizens of a new state, most Texans wanted to ensure the survival of the Union.
Most Texans had migrated from Southern states and wanted to join the Confederacy.
Which term completes the sentence above?
Galveston
Palmito Ranch
Sabine Pass
Vicksburg
Which issue did Texans and other Americans face after the United States gained new territories from Mexico in 1848?
Whether to permit slavery in the new territories
How to pay Mexico for these acquisitions
Whether to share these territories with Great Britain
Whether to make Spanish a second official language
What was the significance of the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
Confederate troops expelled Union troops in Galveston enforcing the naval blockade of the Texas coast
Confederate soldiers in Fort Griffin prevented an attempt by Union gunboats to invade Texas along the Sabine River.
It prevented General Lee’s army from advancing into the North and is seen as the turning point of the Civil War.
Fought on the banks of the Rio Grande after General Lee’s surrender in Virginia, it was the last battle of the Civil War.
Which of the following best completes the timeline above?
Nullification Crisis
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Emancipation Proclamation
Secession of Southern states
These three battles were fought during the—
War for Mexican Independence
Texas Revolution
U.S.-Mexican War
Civil War
Which title best completes the diagram?
Key Events of the Civil War
Causes of the Civil War
Individual Rights during the Civil War
The Nullification Crisis
In the Battle of Vicksburg, the North and the South fought for control of the —
Mississippi River
Mid-Atlantic Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Appalachian Mountains
One reason that sectionalism developed in the United States was because
Northern legislators favored stronger states' rights.
the U.S. Constitution did not grant any rights to the states.
the economies of the North and South were very different.
the federal government gave more support to Northern states than to Southern states.
Which of the following completes this diagram?
President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
The Gettysburg Address
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Thirteenth Amendment
Based on this excerpt, which statement summarizes an effect of the Civil War on Texas?
Women gained new voting rights in recognition of their heroic and patriotic efforts at home.
The role of women in the economy changed as they began overseeing the production of food and clothing for use at home and by the army.
Women gained their economic freedom by selling clothing and other necessities to the Confederate army.
Women left their homes to join the Confederate army as part of their patriotic duty.
In which battle did Confederate troops commanded by Major General John B. Magruder attack and expel Union troops enforcing the naval blockade of the Texas coast?
Galveston
Palmito Ranch
Sabine Pass
Vicksburg
Which of the following shows how the issue of states’ rights contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?
What inference can be drawn from this table about slavery in the South before the Civil War?
Most Southern states had the same proportion of slaves in their total populations.
States in the Lower South with large plantations, like Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, had a growing demand for slave labor.
Border states, like Tennessee, Missouri, and Kentucky, had little demand for slaves because most farmers worked their own land.
The number of slaves in older states, like Virginia and Georgia was gradually decreasing.
In the Battle of Vicksburg, the North and the South fought for control of the —
Mississippi River
Mid-Atlantic Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Appalachian Mountains
