Question 1

What was a reason that did NOT start the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Immigration

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Slavery

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Arguments in Congress

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Taxes

Question 2

What did Sam Houston do when Texas seceded/left the United States?

Accepted Answer

He refused to take the oath to Confederacy and resigned as governor of Texas

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He ordered that all shipping from Texas be stopped

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He volunteered to join the army

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He went to the Supreme Court to overturn the decision

Question 3

What is the main crop that increased the slave population in Texas?

Accepted Answer

Cotton

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Strawberries

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Sugar

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Peanuts

Question 4

What impact did slavery have on Texas going into the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Most Texans thought slavery was necessary to help Texas have a successful economy.

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Most Texans wanted to end slavery

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Most Texans wanted slavery but wanted to pay the slaves

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Most people in Congress wanted to end slavery

Question 5

Why did Texas not want high tariffs (taxes)?

Accepted Answer

It would increase the price of factory goods

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It would limit expansion westward

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It would increase the price of tobaccor

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It would increase the price of cotton

Question 6

Who opposed entering the Civil War and ended up resigning (quitting) being governor of Texas?

Accepted Answer

Sam Houston

Answer

Stephen F. Austin

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Anson Jones

Answer

Mirabeau Lamar

Question 7

What happened at Fort Sumter?

Accepted Answer

Confederates fired the first shots of the Civil War on the fort

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The Union fired the first shots of the Civil War

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President Lincoln  turned the fort into the new White House

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President Lincoln ordered the Union troops to leave the fort

Question 8

The Battle of Gettysburg is considered as

Accepted Answer

The turning point in the Civil War

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The last battle of the Civil War

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The battle where the Union and Confederacy signed a treaty

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The first battle of the Civil War

Question 9

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg important in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

It gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River

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It helped the Union get support from Mexico

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It helped the Confederacy get support from Mexico

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It gave the Confederacy the control of the Mississippi River

Question 10

When did the Civil War happen?

Accepted Answer

1861-1865

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1776-1781

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1870-1875

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1846-1848

Question 11

Why was the Confederate capture of Fort Sumter significant to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

It marked the beginning of the Civil War

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It told Abraham Lincoln that he needed to place more troops at Fort Sumter

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It forced the Union states to start slavery

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It allowed the Confederacy to form an alliance with France

Question 12

Which region in the United States' economy was focused on agriculture (farming), wanted low taxes, and did not like the book called Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Accepted Answer

South

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North

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East

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West

Question 13

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Accepted Answer

It freed the slaves in the states that were fighting against the Union

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It freed all Mexican slaves in the South

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It freed all slaves in the Union and the Confederacy

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It freed all of the black soldiers and gave them land

Question 14

What was the final reason (last straw) that caused the southern states to secede (leave) and create the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

The election of Abraham Lincoln

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The election of Jefferson Davis

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The Missouri Compromise

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 15

Which battle was NOT fought on Texas land?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer

Battle of Galveston

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Battle of Sabine Pass

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Battle of Palmito Ranch

Question 16

Why was the Confederate victory at Galveston important to the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

It allowed the Confederacy to protect Texas's busiest seaport

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It weakened the Confederacy

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It hurt the Union Navy by not allowing them into the seaport

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It allowed the Union to create a blockade

Question 17

Why was the Battle of Sabine Pass an important victory for the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

The Union decided it was a not good idea to attack Texas

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Mexico decided to help Texas

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The Union army surrendered to the Confederacy

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Texas decided to secede from the Confederacy

Question 18

What caused a shortage of goods and supplies to the Texas military?

Accepted Answer

Union Blockades

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Broken Railroads

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Severe Storms

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Mexican Blockades

Question 19

What battle happened after the Civil War was officially over because news did not reach Texas?

Accepted Answer

Palmito Ranch

Answer

Houston

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San Antonio

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Sabine Pass

Question 20

In what geographical region of Texas were most Civil War battles fought?

Accepted Answer

Coastal Plains

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Mountains and Basins

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North Central Plains

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Great Plains

Question 21

Why were there only a few Civil War battles in Texas?

Accepted Answer

Texas was the farthest end of the Confederacy (furthest from the Union)

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The Confederacy stopped the Union army from creating blockades

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The Texas navy kept out the Union navy for the entire war

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The Union did not want to take over Texas

Question 22

When did Texas secede (withdraw from the Union) to join the Confederate States of America?

Accepted Answer

March 1861

Answer

March 1862

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March 1860

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Texas never withdrew (seceded) from the Union

Question 23

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Answer

Sam Houston

Answer

Abraham Lincoln

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Ulysses S Grant

Question 24

Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Answer

Robert E. Lee

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Jefferson Davis

Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 25

Who was in charge of the Union Army?

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer

Jefferson Davis

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Robert E. Lee

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Abraham Lincoln

Question 26

Who was in charge of the Confederate Army?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Answer

Abraham Lincoln

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Jefferson Davis

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Ulysses S. Grant

Question 27

Who won the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Union

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Confederacy

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Both agreed to stop fighting

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No one won

Question 28

What battle took place on the Rio Grande River, after the Civil War had already ended?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Palmitto Ranch

Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

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Battle of Galveston

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Battle of Vicksburg

Question 29

What does it mean to secede?

Accepted Answer

To leave the Union

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To have success

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To resign

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To join the Union

Question 30

What does Civil War mean?

Accepted Answer

A war between two parts of a country

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A war between two countries

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A war between  three countries

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World War

Question 31

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in every state.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 32

What was the main goal of Reconstruction after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

To integrate African Americans fully into Southern Society.

Answer

To make sure that everything in the South was rebuilt.

Answer

To make sure that the North had complete control over the South.

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To make sure that the North was rebuilt and that it was rebuilt by the South because they lost.

Question 33

What did the 15th Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

Gave African American men the right to vote.

Answer

Gave everyone the right to vote.

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Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

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Gave women the right to vote.

Question 34

What system was created by Congress to help former slaves?

Accepted Answer

Freedman's Bureau

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Confederacy Bureau

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Slave Bureau

Answer

Ku Klux Klan

Question 35

What group used violence to scare African Americans to not vote?

Accepted Answer

Ku Klux Klan

Answer

Freedman's Bureau

Answer

Reconstruction

Answer

Congress

Question 36

President Andrew Johnson had a Reconstruction plan that was modeled after who?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

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Radical Republicans

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Jefferson Davis

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Ulysses S. Grant

Question 37

What is Juneteenth?

Accepted Answer

The end of slavery in Texas

Answer

The beginning of June

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The beginning of summer in Texas

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The end of the Civil War in Texas

Question 38

Why did some state and local governments make Black Codes?

Accepted Answer

To deny the newly freed slaves their new Civil Rights

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To create a new constitution

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To create a new way to farm

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To have secret codes to help the African Americans

Question 39

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Accepted Answer

Abolished Slavery in the U.S.

Answer

Gave citizenship to every person in the U.S.

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Gave African American men the right to vote

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Gave women the right to vote

Question 40

What are "Jim Crow" laws?

Accepted Answer

A system of laws and customs that kept the races separate in schools, public buildings, houses,  jobs, theaters, etc.

Answer

A form of dance, music, food, and religion that was created after the Civil War

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A set of laws made by some guy called Jim Crow

Answer

The Ku Klux Klan

Question 41

Why did Reconstruction end from the Compromise of 1877?

Accepted Answer

The provisions of the Compromise said the U.S. Army had to be removed from the Southern states

Answer

The North was tired of helping the South

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There was no need for it to happen

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Rutherfod B. Hayes didn't want it to happen

Question 42

When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, Reconstruction in the U.S. changed. What was a cause of that?

Accepted Answer

Radical Republicans took control of Congress

Answer

Congress passed the 13th Amendment

Answer

Congress increased taxes

Answer

Congress passed the 14th Amendment

Question 43

How did many tenant farmers and sharecroppers end the year?

Accepted Answer

In debt

Answer

Enough money to buy their own supplies

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Breaking even

Answer

Enough money to buy land

Question 44

What is the name of the farming system where a person works land owned by another person and pays rent for the land?

Accepted Answer

Tenant Farming

Answer

Dust Bowling

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Dry Farming

Answer

Crop Rotation

Question 45

What is Sharecropping?

Accepted Answer

A system where a landower allows a tenant to use a portion of the land in return for a portion of the crops the tenant grows

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A system of farming that benefits the tenant over the landowner because the landowner is charitable

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A system of farming where the tenant owns a portion of the land and receives tax money

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An agreement between a landowner and a tenant where the landowner gives over 50% of land to the tenant

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