Effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas

Determine if the following description is a political, economic, or social effect of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas: "Former Confederates were denied the ability to serve in Congress."

• Political

• Economic

• Social

• Cultural

Determine if the following description is a political, economic, or social effect of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas: "Formerly enslaved persons gained their freedom with the 13th Amendment."

• Political

• Economic

• Social

• Cultural

Determine if the following description is a political, economic, or social effect of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas: "Landowners rebuilt farms to produce cash crops."

• Political

• Economic

• Social

• Cultural

Determine if the following description is a political, economic, or social effect of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas: "All men gained the right to vote regardless of color."

• Political

• Economic

• Social

• Cultural

What was the main intention of the Union's battle strategy, also known as "Anaconda Plan"?

• March across land from the East Coast to Texas

• Blockade southern ports

• Ruin the Confederacy's agricultural economy

• Retreat once their path was discovered

What were the effects of sharecropping on freedmen living in the South during Reconstruction? Select 2 answer choices.

• expanded the creation of small manufacturing businesses

• kept freedmen in a cycle of debt

• allowed freedman to organize major labor unions

• allowed for a system of tenant farming to occur

Which battles were fought in Texas during the Civil War?

• Palmetto Ranch, Sabine Pass, Galveston

• Gettysburg, Fort Sumter, Sabine Pass

• Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, Galveston

• Palmetto Ranch, Fort Sumter, Gettysburg

Which of the following is an effect of the Civil War?

• the Missouri Compromise
• Bleeding Kansas
• the Gettysburg Address
• Reconstruction

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Civil War?

• Slavery was abolished

• The South was economically devastated

• the West and the North were more prosperous

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president