CW Check for understanding

How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?

• Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it. 
• Most Texans did not own slaves so it did not have an influence. 
•  Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy. 
• Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade.

Which Governor was removed from office for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy?  

• Mirabeau Lamar
• Francis Lubbock
• Sam Houston
• John Bell Hood

Why were so few Civil War battles fought in Texas?  

• Texas was geographically at the farthest end of the Confederacy 
• the Texas Navy kept the Union army out of Texas for the entire war
• the Confederate army was superior to the Union army and prevented blockades
• Texas were already involved in battles with Native Americans on the frontier

Why did TX secede?

• They thought that Lincoln would end slavery. 
• Texans owned slaves .

• Texas is a Southern state.

• Lincoln wanted war with Mexico

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

• The South was much larger than the North and had more factories.
• Fewer southern farmers than northern farmers owned land. 
• Texas was far from the Union .

•  Texas was close to Mexico.

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

• To stop the Confederates from exporting Cotton.

• Texas had great Food.

• African Americans were granted equal protection under the law.

What year did Texas join the Confederacy?

• 1861

• 1836

• 1845

• 1876

Popular Sovereignty is reflected in the Texas Constitution by

• Having the 3 branches of government

• Having elections for the government officials (voting)

• Having a Bill of Rights

• Having Federalism

To withdraw from a nation or state to be independent

• abolish

• secede

• emancipation

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

• secede

• blockade

• abolitionist

• sharecropper