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The Civil War, 1861-1865

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

The "Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede" explicitly cited_____________, as the reason for disunion.

a)

preservation of slavery and white supremacy

b)

the infringement of States Rights

c)

loss of territory in the compromise of 1850

d)

The Adams Onis Treaty

2.

About how many Texans answered the call for volunteers after the attack on Fort Sumner?

a)

1000

b)

25000

c)

50000

d)

100,000

3.

How many Texan volunteers served in the Union army in the First and Second Cavalry regiments under Edmund Davis's command?

a)

100,000

b)

10,000

c)

5000

d)

2000

4.

Most Texan Confederate soldiers served___________?

a)

East of the Mississippi River

b)

In Virginia

c)

West of the Mississippi River

d)

In Louisiana

5.

A unionist, Governor, _____________. opposed secession and sought to prevent, then delay the secession convention.

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Randolph Campbell

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Stephen Austin

6.

More than 900 Tejanos who served in the Civil War joined the ____________.

a)

Confederate Army

b)

Union Army

c)

Union Navy

d)

Confederate Merchant Marines

7.

During the war, plantation and slave management generally fell to the responsibility of ______________.

a)

plantation mistresses

b)

Sons of the Plantation owners

c)

The Oldest and most loyal Slave

d)

No one

8.

Confederate Generals Kirby Smith and John Magruder surrendered Texas to Union forces at _____________ May 1965

a)

Groce's Plantation

b)

San Antonio

c)

Houston

d)

Galveston

9.

This prominent Confederate unit fought in every major battle from 1862 to 1865 including Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg, and the defence of Richmond.

a)

Hood's Texas Brigade

b)

the Second Texas Infantry

c)

Terry's Texas Rangers

d)

Waul's Texas Legion

10.

The last battle of the Civil War occurred in Texas at ______________.

a)

Sabine Pass

b)

Galveston

c)

Palmito Ranch near Brownsville

d)

Corpus Christi