Unit 7 - Texas During the Civil War and Reconstruction 1861-1876
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- Q 1/25Score 0What announcement from the U.S. Army is celebrated by Texas?29Veteran's DayThanksgiving DayJuneteenthTexas Independence Day
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- Q1What announcement from the U.S. Army is celebrated by Texas?Veteran's DayThanksgiving DayJuneteenthTexas Independence Day30s
- Q2In what year did both the Civil War begin and Texas join the Confederacy?185918611856186530s
- Q3Looking at this section of the Texas Constitution, which freedom is guaranteed?Freedom of religionFreedom from unreasonable searches and seizuresFreedom of assemblyFreedom of speech30s
- Q4Which of the answer choices works as a headline that best describes Texas during the American Civil War?We Must Fight for Freedom in MexicoThe Union Must Be PreservedTexas Welcomes Indians as CitizensCitizens Divided on the Issue of Slavery30s
- Q5During the years of the American Civil War, what event led to the increased production of corn and wheat in Texas ?A need to feed soldiers increased demand for these products.Confederate officials sent money to Texas farmers to buy land.Texas farms began using new fertilizers and pesticides.Enslaved people stopped working on the cotton plantations.30s
- Q6The growth of ranching in West Texas was primarily influenced by —urbanizationdiscovery of oilpoliticswater resources30s
- Q7How did communication systems during the Civil War influence Texas?New telegraph connections helped Confederate forces in Texas anticipate Union movements.Telephones allowed soldiers in the field to communicate with family members back home.Slow communications allowed for continued fighting and delayed the emancipation of enslaved people for weeks after the end of the war.Photographs of battle scenes published in newspapers led many in Texas to desire an end to the war.30s
- Q8What was the issue of states' rights that contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War?Seceding states believed the federal government should not intervene in state decisions.Seceding states believed the U.S. Constitution prevented states from establishing local taxation.Seceding states believed the federal government was not permitted to ratify the Constitution.Seceding states believed only state governments can protect the individual rights of citizens.30s
- Q9In this section of the Constitution of 1876, what democratic principle is reflected?RepublicanismPopular SovereigntyFederalismSeparation of Powers30s
- Q10What happened to Sam Houston after he refused to swear this oath?Texas amended the state constitution to eliminate the oath.Texas did not secede from the Union.Sam Houston was removed as governor.Sam Houston was made a general in the Union army.30s
- Q11How was the Cattle industry affected by the end of the Civil War?Much of the land used for grazing was destroyed in the war.The loss in the Confederacy brought many cowboys to the cattle industry.The demand for beef in the East and North brought rapid growth to the cattle industry.Farmers had to move west and take land needed for grazing30s
- Q12How does the judicial branch of both the United States and of Texas check the powers of the legislature?By removing members from CongressBy declaring laws unconstitutionalBy proposing bills for CongressBy vetoing legislation30s
- Q13What were the range wars of the late 1800s in Texas caused by?railroad companies building on American Indian landssharecroppers claiming public landsimmigrants moving onto lands in West Texasranchers fencing land with barbed wire30s
- Q14Who is the Native American leader that is being described in the list above?Iron JacketQuanah ParkerPeta NoconaJohn Wallace30s
- Q15One way that the Texas Constitution and the U.S. Constitution are similar is that both establish a government that is divided into —three branchesseveral statescountiesfederal districts30s
