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Quiz - Civil War & Poetry

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?
a)
Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it. 
b)
Most Texans did not own slaves so it did not have an influence. 
c)
 Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy. 
d)
Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade.
2.
Which Governor was removed from office for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy?  
a)
Mirabeau Lamar
b)
Francis Lubbock
c)
Sam Houston
d)
John Bell Hood
3.
Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention in FAVOR of having Texas secede from the Union? 
a)
They were tired of paying high federal income tax. 
b)
They wanted Abraham Lincoln to be president. 
c)
They felt the United States gave states too many rights. 
d)
They believed citizens should be allowed to own slaves.
4.
In Texas history, what is the significance of the year 1861? 
a)
The legislature passed a law making fence-cutting a felony. 
b)
Hurricane winds destroyed the area surrounding Galveston. 
c)
Charles Goodnight created the first cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle. 
d)
The Secession Convention decided that Texas should withdraw from the Union.
5.
What cash crop accounted for the large increase in the slave population during the 1800's in Texas? 
a)
peanuts
b)
sugar cane
c)
potatoes
d)
Cotton
6.
Why were so few Civil War battles fought in Texas?  
a)
Texas was geographically at the farthest end of the Confederacy 
b)
the Texas Navy kept the Union army out of Texas for the entire war
c)
the Confederate army was superior to the Union army and prevented blockades
d)
Texas were already involved in battles with Native Americans on the frontier
7.
Why did the southern states threaten to secede?
a)
They thought that Lincoln would end slavery. 
b)
Lincoln would never end slavery 
c)
They thought Lincoln would be a bad president 
d)
Lincoln wanted war with Mexico
8.
Texas was more economically successful than other states after the Civil War because— 
a)
Since few battles were fought on Texas soil most fields and farms were not destroyed. 
b)
Because of the tariff, Texans had a better plan to recover from the war. 
c)
Plantation owners and former slaves worked together to increase cotton production after the war. 
d)
During Reconstruction, the Union worked to rebuild Texas’ economy first.
9.

A plantation is

a)

a really big plant

b)

a tax paid on goods

c)

a group of soldiers

d)

a large farm that produces crops to sell

10.

What does secede mean?

a)

to officially leave or separate from a group

b)

a tax paid on goods

c)

a group of soldiers

d)

a large farm

11.
Why were the Southerners afraid of Abraham Lincoln becoming president?
a)
The Southerners believed that Lincoln would give the states more rights 
b)
The Southerners believed that Lincoln would make the North Secede from the South 
c)
The Southerners believed that Lincoln would want to keep slavery in the US
d)
The Southerners believed that the US government would abolish slavery 
12.

What does a blockade do?

a)

an effort to stop ships from going in or out of the port

b)

Prevents people from voting.

c)

Prevents goods from expiring.

13.

Southern States are commonly referred to as the

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

14.

Which of these two groups believed Slavery was important to their economy and way of life?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

15.
Many of the southern states _________ and formed the Confederate State of America. 
a)
seceded
b)
annexed
c)
ejected
d)
ran away 
16.
Texas was a part of the... 
a)
Pacific North West
b)
Union
c)
Deep South
d)
Confederate
17.
A civil war is
a)
a war between north and south
b)
a war between people of the same country
18.

The northern states are commonly known as the

a)

Confederate

b)

Union

19.

What were the main issues of the civil war?

a)

North, South

b)

Union, Confederacy

c)

Slavery, State Rights, Sectionalism, Election of 1860

d)

State Rights, North, South, Confederacy

20.

The Confederacy was pro-slavery?

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Which Texas Revolutionary legend opposed the secession of Texas? (After opposing, he was deposed and replaced as Governor)

a)

Mirabeau Lamar

b)

Sam houston

c)

Lil Yatchy

d)

Greg Abbot

22.

What area does an abolitionist comes from?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

23.

How many states seceded from the Union?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

24

24.

Sectionalism was between what two sides?

a)

South and West

b)

East and West

c)

North and South

d)

South and East

25.

Which famous president was elected during the civil war period?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

Jefferson Davis

26.
Who was the commander of the Union army? 
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Abraham Lincoln 
27.
Battle of Sabine Pass
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. 
28.

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

a)

peanuts

b)

sugar cane

c)

potatoes

d)

cotton

29.

This president was a well known abolitionist and signed the emancipation proclamation.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Quincy Adams

30.

What does an abolitionist do?

a)

They fight to end slavery

b)

They fight to end trade

c)

They fight to end a war

31.
The trees danced in the blowing wind.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
32.
They fight like cats and dogs.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
33.
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
simile
34.
I heard a loud BOOM outside my window.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
35.
It is so hot outside. I bet it is a million degrees!
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
simile
36.
The play was as boring as watching paint dry.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
37.
I plant purple petunias in the park.
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
personification
d)
metaphor
38.
The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
simile
d)
personification
39.
I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant.
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
40.
I hear the pigs OINK as we drive past the farm.
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
personification
d)
simile
41.
The toast jumped out of the toaster when it was done cooking.
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
42.
I've told you a million times to clean your room!
a)
allitertion
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
43.
Her smile is a ray of sunshine.
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
personification
d)
simile
44.
He raises red roosters for a living.
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
45.
Which is an example of a simile?
a)
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
b)
His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
c)
A hurricane! AHHH!
d)
The hurricane screamed through the town. 
46.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
47.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
a)
You are as a beautiful as a flower.
b)
The trees danced in the wind.
c)
I waited in line for 10 years!
d)
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 
48.
"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
49.
What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
50.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
51.
Why do people use figurative language?
a)
To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
b)
To be grammatically correct.
c)
To structure their writing into paragraphs.
d)
Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 
52.
What is a metaphor?
a)
comparing two things using like or as
b)
repeating the same inital sound in neighboring words
c)
a phrase that means something else than what it says
d)
comparing two things by saying one is the other
53.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
comparing two things using like or as
b)
an extreme exaggeration
c)
giving human traits to objects or ideas
d)
words or phrases that are contradictory