Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
7th History Final
Ch. 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| As a result of the South's surrender, the Texas state government | Collapsed |
| Unionists who did not join the army | Were arrested, were forced into the army, and were killed while attempting to flee to Mexico |
| Sam Houston refused | To take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy |
| Most Southerners in the 1850's believed that the rise of the Republican Party would mean | The end of the Southern way of life |
| Sacrifices made by Texans included | coffee substitutes, no newspapers, homespun clothing |
| Members of the 1861 convention in Montgomery, Alabama, formed the | Confederate States of America |
| Texas volunteers served in | the army of other states |
| Most delegates to the Texas convention after the 1860 election | favored secession |
| The constitution of the Confederacy was much like the constitution of the | United States |
| The constitution of the Confederate States of America was like that of the United States except | states were given more power |
| The Battle of the Sabine Pass was an important victory for the | Confederacy |
| Union leaders wanted to gain control of Galveston because it | had a busy seaport |
| The Act of Conscription allowed for the hiring of substitutes for | military service |
| The North's victory in the Civil War meant | the Union was preserved |
| Economic changes in Texas during the Civil War included | farmers planted more corn and wheat, cotton production declined, Texas opened factories to manufacture weapons |
| Most Southern states supported states' rights because | they felt they should make their own decisions about tariffs, distributions of public lands, and slavery |
| Immediately following the surrender of the Confederacy in Texas | the state government of Texas collapsed, officials fled to Mexico to escape Union troops, lawless bands roamed the countryside |
| The 8th Texas Calvary Regiment, which fought in more battles than did any other calvary regiment in the Civil War, was also known as | Terry's Texas Rangers |
| The U.S. president who appointed a provisional governor for Texas was | Andrew Johnson |
| Nearly 30% of all Texans were against secession, but most | supported the Confederacy |
| Civil War battle sites in Texas | Sabine pass, Galveston, Brownsville, Palmito Ranch |
| Prisoner of war camps in Texas | Tyler, Rusk, Hempstead |
| When Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, he was removed from office. ? , who had taken the oath, became governor | Edward Clark |
| Advantages of the North during the Civil War | more money, more soldiers, factories to make war materials |
| During the Civil War these products were scarce | paper, salt, white flour |
| president of the Confederacy | Jefferson Davis |
| governor who wore a homespun suit to his inauguration | Francis Lubbock |
| forced enrollment into military service | conscription |
| Because of the Civil War | slavery ended, the Confederacy was defeated, more than 600,000 people died |
| Texas who was postmaster general of the Confederacy | John H. Reagan |
| these battles occurred along the Gulf Coast | Galveston, Palmito Ranch |
| prisoner of war camps were located in the interior of the state to | keep the prisoners away from battle sites and impeded attempts at escape or rescue |
| site of the LAST Civil War battle | Palmito Ranch |
| site of the FIRST Civil War battle | Fort Sumter |
| Most of the battle sites in Texas occured along the Gulf Coast because | trade from Texas ports was important to the South's war efforts and the region was the most easily accessible to Northern troops |
| Which city -Austin, San Antonio, or Galveston- was the site of a Civil War battle? | Galveston |
| city where vigilantes hanged suspected Unionists | Gainesville |
| the woman who turned her luxurious Galveston home into a hospital | Rosanna Osterman |
| the Texas Secession Convention ordered all state officials to take an oath of allegiance to | the Confederacy |
| president of the United States, elected 1860 | Abraham Lincoln |
| Describes the Red River Campaign | Richard Taylor commanded the Confederate troops, the Confederated were outnumbered, the fighting was in Louisiana near the TX border |
| African American Texan who won the Congressional Medal of Honor | Milton Holland |
| Texans learned that General Lee had surrendered a month before the battle at Palmito Ranch from | captured prisoners |
| this many Texans served in the Confederate Army | 60,000 |
| battle that dashed Union plans to launch a major campaign against Texas | Sabine Pass |
| If the Republicans won the 1860 election, Southern leaders threatened to | secede from the Union |
| Texas governors Lubbock and Murrah spent much of their time in office working for the | Confederate war effort |
| This state did NOT secede from the Union | Kentucky |
| During the Civil War, women | worked on farms, served as nurses, sewed uniforms for troops |
| Despite a blockade of its ports, Texas continued to send cotton to Europe through | Mexico |
| governor of Texas who opposed secession | Sam Houston |
| city where Union forces launched an invasion of Texas in 1864 | New Orleans |
Created by:
AHoldeman
Popular History sets