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Texas Hist Ch. 12
Civil War and Reconstruction Study Stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the chief product made using the labor of slaves? | Cotton |
| Why did the Confederates want to control New Mexico? | to gain access to gold and silver mines |
| Why was the Confederate capture of Galveston important? | It kept an important port open. |
| Why did Texans suffer shortages of goods during the Civil War? | The Union navy stopped ships from bringing in goods. |
| Which Texan was least likely to be a Unionist? | a plantation owner |
| What work was done by the Freedmen’s Bureau? | helping African Americans find jobs, providing African Americans with health care, and setting up schools for African American children |
| Besides slavery, conflict over what issues led to the Civil War? | use of public lands and states’ rights |
| Why did many Southerners support the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | It made slavery possible in those territories. |
| Why was Sam Houston removed from office as governor? | He refused to pledge loyalty to the Confederacy. |
| What did blockade runners do? | They carried supplies into and out of Texas. |
| Why did industry in Texas grow during the Civil War? | Since supplies were not coming into the state, people had to make things for themselves. |
| What caused the “Great Hanging” in Texas? | Unionists refused to join the Confederate army. |
| What were the “black codes” passed after the Civil War? | They said: African Americans could not serve on juries, Could not hold public office, and that the government could force them to work. |
| How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 push the nation closer to civil war? | It gave the people of Kansas and Nebraska the right to decide on slavery, and most Northerners were not in favor of this. |
| How did most Texans participate in the Civil War? | Some Texans joined the Union, and other Texans joined the Confederacy. |
| How did the Battle of Palmito Ranch affect the outcome of the Civil War? | It changed nothing because Lee had already surrendered at Appomattox. |
| Dissatisfied with the course of Reconstruction after the Civil War, what action did Congress take to reform the Reconstruction plan? | Congress placed the South under control of the army. |
| What was an important feature of the Constitution of 1876? | limiting the power of the governor |
| What was a major effect of the 1857 Dred Scott case decision? | Northerners were angered because the decision could extend slavery into territories. |
| The Battle of Vicksburg was important in the Civil War because it | gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River. |
| The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution - | granted civil rights primarily to African Americans |
| Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? | Fort Sumter |
| The Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed in 1854, created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska as popular sovereignty territories. Following the passage of this law, fighting broke out in Kansas over _________. The conflict came to be known as ________________. | Slavery; Bleeding Kansas |
| Where was slavery common in 1860? | It was common in areas with high cotton production. |
| Ulysses S. Grant was to the Union as ___?____ was to the Confederacy. | Robert E. Lee |
| Which side won the Civil War? | Union |
| In what were slaves freed in the rebelling states during the Civil War? | Emancipation Proclamation |
| Who became president when Lincoln was assassinated? | Andrew Johnson |
| Person who takes the law into his or her own hands | Vigilante |
| Farm worker who hands over part of the crop to the land owner | Sharecropper |
| using a fleet of ships to block trade in an area | blockade |
| to withdraw from the Union | Secede |
| person who supported the United States | Unionist |
| place where weapons are stored | arsenal |
| person who wanted to end slavery | abolitionist |
| formal change to an official document like a constitution | amendment |
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