Texas History
Chapter 15
#1
How many Texans served
in the Confederate Army?
A:
60,000
B:
6,000
C:
10,000
D:
100,000
A. 60,000
#2
What did the North’s victory
in the Civil War mean?
A:
The South
seceded
B:
Lincoln was no
longer president
C:
The Union was
preserved
D:
Slavery was
legalized
C. The Union
was preserved
#3
All were results of the Civil War EXCEPT
A:
Slavery ended
The Confederacy
B: was defeated
C:
The Union was
dissolved
More than 600,000
D: people died
C. The Union
was dissolved
#4
All were sacrifices made by
Texans during the Civil War EXCEPT
They used coffee
A:
substitutes
They stopped
B: printing
newspapers
They stopped
C: receiving nursing
care
They wore
D: homespun
clothing
B. They stopped
printing
newspapers
#5
Despite a blockade of its ports, Texas
continued to send cotton
to Europe through ____.
A:
C:
Mexico
Santa Fe
B:
New Orleans
D:
California
A. Mexico
#6
What did NOT happen to Unionists
in Texas who did not join
the Confederate army?
A:
Arrested
C:
Forced to serve
in army
B:
Had property
taken
D:
Killed while
fleeing to
Mexico
B. Had property
taken
#7
What did Southern leaders threaten
if Lincoln won the 1860 election?
A:
Filibuster in
Congress
B:
Call for a
recount
C:
Assassinate
Lincoln
D:
Secede from the
Union
D. Secede from
the Union
#8
Why did Union leaders want
to gain control of Galveston?
A:
It had a busy
seaport
It was the
C: geographic
center of Texas
B:
D:
It was a railroad
center
It housed the
State Capitol
A. It had a busy
seaport
#9
What did most Southerners
in the 1850s believe that the rise
of the Republican Party would mean?
A:
Legalization
of slavery
Depression in
C:
the North
B:
Economic
prosperity
End of the
D: Southern way of life
D. End of the
Southern way of
life
#10
Where was the site
of the first Civil War battle?
A:
Sabine Pass
B:
C:
Bull Run
D:
Fort Sumter
Shiloh
B. Fort Sumter
#11
What city was where vigilantes
hanged suspected Unionists?
A:
Gainesville
B:
Palmito Ranch
C:
Sherman
D:
San Antonio
A. Gainesville
#12
Where was the last Civil War battle?
A:
C:
Fort Sumter
Atlanta
B:
Savannah
D:
Palmito Ranch
D. Palmito
Ranch
#13
What battle dashed Union plans
to launch a major campaign against Texas?
A:
C:
Sabine Pass
Goliad
B:
D:
Aransas Pass
Harper’s Ferry
A. Sabine
Pass
#14
Who was the President
of the Confederate States?
A:
C:
Sam Houston
Alexander
Stephens
B:
Jefferson Davis
D:
Abraham Lincoln
B. Jefferson
Davis
#15
Who was the President of the
United States, elected in 1860?
A:
Abraham Lincoln
B:
C:
Barack Obama
D:
Thomas
Jefferson
Milton Holland
A. Abraham
Lincoln
#16
Who was the governor of Texas
who opposed secession?
A:
Milton Holland
B:
Sam Houston
C:
John Reagan
D:
David Crockett
B. Sam Houston
#17
Who was the African American Texan
who received
the Congressional Medal of Honor?
A:
Milton Holland
B:
C:
John H. Reagan
D:
Jefferson
Davies
Dred Scott
A. Milton
Holland
#18
Who were Hood’s Texas Brigade
and Terry’s Texas Rangers?
Forces that
A: fought for the
Union
B:
C:
Patrols to keep
D: peace in TX
Unionists
Forces that fought
for the South
B. Forces that
fought for the
South
#19
What is conscription?
Hiring substitute
for military service
B:
Confederate
paper money
Forced enrollment
C: into military
service
D:
Secession from
the Union
A:
C. Forced
enrollment into
military service
#20
Why was the Battle of Sabine Pass
important?
A:
Hundreds of
Union troops were
killed
Sabine Pass was
C: defended by
volunteers
It ended Union plans
B: to launch campaign
against Texas
D:
Albert Sidney
Johnston was killed
B. It ended Union
plans to launch
campaign against
Texas
#21
What did members of the 1861
convention in Montgomery, AL form?
A: Confederate
B:
Davis Guard
States of America
C:
Republican Party
D:
Whig Party
A. Confederate
States of America
#22
When Gov. Houston refused to sign the
oath of allegiance, the Secession
Convention _______.
Sent troops to
A: remove him from
office
C:
Allowed him to
remain in office
B:
D:
Declared his
office vacant
Ordered his
execution
B. Declared his
office vacant
#23
What is the term of the position that the
federal government should not interfere
with the states’ exercise of their
constitutional powers?
A:
Unionism
B:
C:
Allegiance
D:
Federalism
States’ rights
D. States’ rights
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