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SS_Week 20Assessment_Gr4
Quiz by Cecilia A Perez
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Study the image of women during war time.
How did Texas women contribute to the Civil War?
Texas women sewed flags, uniforms, clothing, and tents for soldiers, marched in parades, wrote newspaper editorials, and funraised for soldiers. They also stayed behind to run family businesses while soldiers were away at war.
Texas women did not contribute to the war effort because they had no voting rights at that time.
Study the image.
Describe how the people working were impacted by the Civil War.
Enslaved people gained their freedom at the end of the Civil War when Union forces arrived. Although they were freed, they continued to work on farms to support their families.
Enslaved people did not gain their freedom at the end of the Civil War when Union forces arrived.
Study the image of women during war time.
How did Texas women contribute to the Civil War?
Study the image.
Describe how the people working were impacted by the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation triggered many southern states to secede.
Which Texan spoke against secession?
What was an argument against Texas seceding?
Read the passage from the Emancipation Proclamation:
“... and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority ... will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress [stop] such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. “
How were Union soldiers expected to treat freedom-seeking enslaved people?
Read the passage from Studies Weekly:
Most of the battles that were fought in Texas occurred near coastal towns. Both sides hoped to gain control of the ports and harbors along the Gulf of Mexico. The strategy of the Union Army was to blockade ports in Texas….
Why do armies fight to control coastal towns?
Read the passage from the Emancipation Proclamation:
“… And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.”
What does it mean to “labor faithfully for reasonable wages”?
Read the passage from Studies Weekly:
Grant offered these terms to Lee: The men of the South would pledge allegiance to the federal government. They could keep their possessions but must surrender their army guns. Then, they could go home to their families. … Lee asked that his men be given some food. Grant agreed.
Why did General Grant not imprison the Confederate Army?
Read the passage:
On April 15, 1861, the American flag was lowered and the Union troops at Fort Sumter left.
Why was the American flag lowered?