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CW Check for understanding

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

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 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
4.

Why did TX secede?

a)
They thought that Lincoln would end slavery. 
b)

Texans owned slaves .

c)

Texas is a Southern state.

d)
Lincoln wanted war with Mexico
5.

Why were slaves in TX unable to escape to the Union?

a)
The South was much larger than the North and had more factories.
b)
Fewer southern farmers than northern farmers owned land. 
c)

Texas was far from the Union .

d)

 Texas was close to Mexico.

6.

Why did the Union want to gain control of TX during the Civil War?

a)

To stop the Confederates from exporting Cotton.

b)

Texas had great Food.

c)
African Americans were granted equal protection under the law.
7.

What year did Texas join the Confederacy?

a)

1861

b)

1836

c)

1845

d)

1876

8.

Popular Sovereignty is reflected in the Texas Constitution by

a)

Having the 3 branches of government

b)

Having elections for the government officials (voting)

c)

Having a Bill of Rights

d)

Having Federalism

9.

To withdraw from a nation or state to be independent

a)

abolish

b)

secede

c)

emancipation

10.

An effort to stop ships from going in or out of a port

a)

secede

b)

blockade

c)

abolitionist

d)

sharecropper

11.

What is the definition of sectionalism?

a)

Concern for national needs and interests

b)

Concern for local needs and interests

c)

Concern for regional needs and interests

d)

Concern for international needs and interests

12.

What is Francis Lubbock known for?

a)

TX Gov enlisted males in the Confederate Army.

b)

Stop the Civil War.

c)

Sung Deep in the Heart of Texas.

13.

What is the main goal of the Union after the CW?

a)

Bring the South back into the Union

b)

Stop the South from leaving again.

c)

End slavery.

14.

What is the Anaconda Plan?

a)

Naval Blockade

b)

The U.S. importing snakes to fight the war.

c)

The first Battle of the CW.

15.

What Texas hero was removed as Governor because he would not swear an oath to the Confederacy?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Davy Crockett

c)

SFA

d)

Santa Anna

16.

What does the B stand for in GSBA?

a)

Brewerton

b)

Boston

c)

Brownsville

17.

What does the G stand for in GSBA?

a)

Galveston

b)

Grayer

c)

Georgia

18.

What duty station was a punishment for Confederate soldiers during the CW?

a)

Sabine Pass

b)

Palmito Ranch

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The Red River Campaign

19.

Cotton production _during the CW but increased after the war.

(a)  

20.

The Union wanted to capture Texas to keep_ from reaching the markets in Europe?

(a)  

21.

Juneteenth

a)

A holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in TX.

b)

The 1st day of Summer

c)

An extra day of June during a leap year.

22.

Why did people living in West and North TX not support secession?

a)

The really liked being in the Union?

b)

They supported President Lincoln.

c)

They did not depend on slavery.