Download Chapter 15 Review Sheet

Chapter 15 Review Sheet
1. List 3 causes of the Civil War.
2. What did the Texas Secession Convention order all state officials to do?
3. Which Texas state official refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy?
4. Which group in Texas opposed the secession of Texas from the United States?
5. Name 2 purposes of the Texan attack at Glorietta Pass, New Mexico.
6. Why did Union leaders want to gain control of Galveston?
7. What is conscription?
8. Which side won the Battle of Sabine Pass? (Union or Confederacy)
9. Describe what happened in the Red River Campaign near Mansfield, Louisiana.
10. Name 3 important Civil War battles that took place in Texas.
11. Which Texas fighting group did Robert E. Lee call his “finest soldiers”?
12. Which Texas fighting group fought in more battles than did any other cavalry unit in the Civil
War?
13. Which Texas fighting group defended Fort Griffin and defeated the Union attack at Sabine
Pass?
14. Why was there little destruction and suffering in Texas during the Civil War?
15. Name 3 results of the Civil War.
16. Because of the North’s victory in the Civil War, the _______________________ was
preserved.
17. Who was President of the Confederacy?
18. Who was elected President of the United States in 1860?
19. Who was the Texas governor that opposed secession?
20. Who assassinated President Lincoln?
21. Who was the Confederate commander at the Battle of Sabine Pass?
22. What were “cotton clads”?
23. What is “total war”?
24. Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
25. Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War?
26. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
27. Juneteenth is a holiday that celebrates what?
28. Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought?
29. Where was the last battle of the Civil War fought?
30. Which battle took place on an island where Union troops were defeated by Confederate
gunboats that sailed down Buffalo Bayou and infantry that crossed a railroad bridge from
Houston?
31. In which battle did the Davis Guards, led by Dick Dowling, stop a Union invasion up the
Sabine River?
32. In which Louisiana battle were Union troops stopped from invading East Texas?
33. What did abolitionists want to do? (Periods 1, 2, 3 only)
34. List and explain the strategies of the Union and Confederacy. (Periods 1, 2, 3)