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Texas in Civil War

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a plantation?

a)

A large piece of land where cash crops are grown.

b)

A small piece of land where slaves lived.

c)

A large piece of land where slave auctions were held.

2.

What does an abolitionist do?

a)

They fight to end slavery

b)

They fight to end trade

c)

They fight to end a war

3.

What was the name of the states that seceded from the Union?

a)

Southern smokes

b)

No caps all caps

c)

Union

d)

The Confederacy

4.

How many states seceded from the Union?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

24

5.

What was the year of the presidential election that sparked the civil war?

a)

1865

b)

1680

c)

1861

d)

1860

6.
Before the Civil War, what kind of work did most of the northerners and the southerners do? 
a)
Northerners worked in factories, banks, or fianance .
The Southerners worked on farms or were plantation owners 
b)
The Northerners were artisans and explorers.
The southerners were lumberjacks and fishermen.
c)
The northerners worked on farms or were plantation owners. 
The Southerners worked in factories, banks, or fiance. 
d)
The Northerners worked in oil fields and newspapers.
The Southerners worked in fields and growing cotton. 
7.
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 
8.

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

9.

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.

10.
Texas was a part of the... 
a)
Pacific North West
b)
Union
c)
Deep South
d)
Confederate
11.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves

a)

in the Confederate States

b)

in the Union

c)

in Europe

d)

in Mexico

12.
This word describes the month and day Texas was informed that the Civil War was over and the Union won.
a)
abolish
b)
Juneteenth
c)
emancipation
13.
This word means to be freed.
a)
emancipation
b)
abolish
c)
secede
14.
Texas was ________ slavery.
a)
for
b)
against
15.
Which of the following is an effect of the Civil War?
a)
the Missouri Compromise
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
the Gettysburg Address
d)
Reconstruction
16.
Identify what the Emancipation Proclamation did.
a)
freed slaves in the Confederate states
b)
ended slavery in the entire country
c)
freed slaves in the border states
d)
ended the Civil War
17.

Which of the following was an effect of the slavery debate?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Civil War

c)

Increased tariffs

d)

15th amendment

18.
The economy of the South was ________________.
a)
Industrial
b)
Agricultural and Industrial
c)
Agricultural
d)
Poor
19.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
Agency that gave houses to anyone who lost their home in the war
b)
A bank
c)
Agency that helped newly freed slaves start a new life
d)
A lawyer's office