Week 20: The Civil War and Texas

After Abraham Lincoln’s election, two senators from which state resigned?

• Texas

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Virginia

What law required all people escaping enslavement to be captured by law enforcement and returned to their legal owners?

• the Louisiana Purchase

• the Missouri Compromise

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the Fugitive Slave Act

TRUE or FALSE: Women made NO contributions during the Civil War.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE: One way women contributed to the Civil War was by disguising themselves as men and enlisted in the army.

• True

• False

How were Sam Houston and Edmund J. Davis similar?

• Both supported the idea of secession for Texas

• Both opposed the idea of secession for Texas

• Both were born in Florida

• Both died in South Carolina

Who wrote and issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

• President Jefferson Davis

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Robert E. Lee

• President Abraham Lincoln

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

TRUE or FALSE: The Confederate States of America won the Civil War.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE: The Union won the Civil War.

• True

• False

TRUE or FALSE: During the Civil War, Texas was part of the Confederate States of America.

• True

• False