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WorksheetsUNIT 7 CIVIL WAR- GR 7 TEXAS HISTORY
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 27mins
What is the Compromise of 1850?
A territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
Act that allowed women to vote
California is admitted as a free state
The creation of the Underground railroad
What was the deadliest DAY in American history?
Fort Sumter
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Who was general of the Union Army?
Who was the Union President during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
Sam Houston
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
What is the significance of Appomattox Courthouse?
Ulysses S. Grant surrenders
Lincoln surrenders
Sam Houston surrenders
Robert E Lee surrenders
What battle was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired?
Fort Sumter
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Which compromise admitted California as a free state?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Great Compromise
California Agreement
What did Abraham Lincoln issue on Jan. 1, 1863 that freed all slaves in the Confederate states?
Gettysburg Address
1st Inaugural Address
Emancipation Proclamation
2nd Inaugural Address
-Fought along the Rio Grande River
-Took place after the surrender of the Confederacy
-Last military conflict associated with the Civil War
What battle is being described above?
Battle of Gavleston
Battle of Sabine Pass
Battle of Palmito Ranch
Battle of Monett's Ferry
Which headline best describes Texas during the American Civil War?
Th Union Must Be Preserved
Texas Welcomes Indians as Citizens
We Must Fight for Freedom in Mexico
Citizens Divided on the Issue of Slavery
Which battle saw 46 Confederate troops under Lieutenant Dowling turn back a Union force of 5,000?
Battle of Galveston
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of Timbuktu
Battle of Sabine Pass
What was an effect of the Compromise of 1850?
Fugitive Slave Act
Boston Tea Party
California became a free state
Harpers Ferry
The Confederacy was pro-slavery?
True
False
Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention in favor of Texas leaving the Union?
They wanted Abraham Lincoln as president.
They considered slavery vital to the economy.
They disagreed with paying high federal taxes.
They thought the national government was influenced by Britain.
14th Amendment
Everyone is equally protected by the law
Happened during the Vietnam War, when young men were being drafted to fight, but did not have the right to vote. Lowering the voting age to 18 years of age.
Banning of poll taxes (charged a tax to vote – which kept African American from voting after the civil war and well into the 1960s)
13th Amendment
A person must get their rights read to them and they do not have to testify against their self. Eminent Domain - the government can force you to sell your property for the common good.
Citizens may have rights not listed in the Constitution
Abolition of slavery
Powers of the states; each state can have its own government and make its own law
How did communication systems during the Civil War influence Texas?
Telephones allowed soldiers in the field to communicate with family members back home.
New telegraph connections helped Confederate forces in Texas anticipate Union movements.
Photographs of battle scenes published in newspapers led many in Texas to desire an end to the war.
Slow communicatdions allowed for continued fighting and delayed the emancipation of enslaved people for weeks after the end fo the war.
Which is the proper chronological order of the Civil War battles in Texas?
Galveston, Palmito Ranch, Sabine Pass
Galveston, Sabine Pass, Palmito Ranch
Palmito Ranch, Sabine Pass, Galveston
Palmito Ranch, Galveston, Sabine Pass
How did communication systems during the Civil War influence Texas?
Telephones allowed soldiers in the field to communicate with family members back home.
New telegraph connections helped Confederate forces in Texas anticipate Union movements.
Photographs of battle scenes published in newspapers led many in Texas to desire an end to the war.
Slow communicatdions allowed for continued fighting and delayed the emancipation of enslaved people for weeks after the end fo the war.
The inclusion of a Bill of Rights with the Texas Consitution reflects a commitment to ---
republicanism
individual rights
separation of powers
checks and balances
Which state was not in the Confederacy?
Texas
Florida
Tennessee
Ohio
What was the name of the compromise that added a stronger Fugitive Slave Law?
Northwest Ordinance
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
3/5th Compromise
What area does an abolitionist comes from?
North
South
East
West
Who won the civil war?
The Union
The Confederacy
Mexico
Europe
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves
in the Confederate States
in the Union
in Europe
in Mexico
What were the main issues of the civil war?
North, South
Union, Confederacy
Slavery, State Rights, Sectionalism, Election of 1860
State Rights, North, South, Confederacy
Who was the Confederate general that surrendered at Appomattox Court House?
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
People in this region worked in the cities in factories...
The South
The North
The Rocky Mountains
The Great Plains
This region had large farms called plantations...
The South
The North
The Rocky Mountains
The Great Plains
When Lincoln was elected president, his number one priority was:
to preserve the Union.
to defeat Jefferson Davis.
to end slavery.
to compromise with the South about the expansion of slavery.
The 13th Amendment was added to the Constitution to end-?
the Civil War
slavery
Reconstruction
inequality among races
What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?
Slavery would be abolished
All men regardless of race were U.S. Citizens
African American could vote
Women could vote
What did the West practice during the Civil War?
States' rights
Popular sovereignty
Abolitionism
Slavery expansion
