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Chapter 15 Review
Section 1
1. What is the belief that the federal government should not have too much power over the affairs
of the individual States?
2. What did most southerners in the 1850s believe that election of the Republican party would
mean?
3. Which party did many Northerners who opposed slavery join?
4. What did Southern leaders threaten to do if the Republican won the 1860 election?
5. What were Sam Houston’s feelings about secession?
6. Who was elected president of the United States in 1860?
7. Who was elected president of the Confederacy?
8. What did members of the 1861 convention in Montgomery, Alabama form?
9. What Texan became post master general of the Confederacy?
10. What did the Texas Secession Convention order all state officials to do?
11. What state official refused to take an oath of allegiance to the confederacy?
12. What was the site of the first Civil War battle?
13. The 8th Texas Calvary Regiment which fought in more battles than did any other cavalry
regiment in the Civil War was also know by what name?
14. Why did most Southern states support states rights?
Section 2
1. What is the forced enrollment of people into military service?
2. How many Texans served in the Confederate military?
3. What African American Texan won the Medal of Honor which is the highest American award
for valor in action against an enemy?
4. What happened to Unionists who did not join the Confederate army?
5. Where did vigilantes hang about 40 suspected Unionists?
6. Despite Union blockades of its ports; Texans continued to ship cotton to Europe through
where?
7. Why did Union want to gain control of Galveston?
8. From what city did Union forces launch an invasion of Texas?
9. What battle ended Union plans to launch a major campaign against Texas?
10. How did most Texans react to the secession of Texas?
11. Describe the Red River Campaign.
Section 3
1. Why did cotton production decline during the war?
2. What sacrifices were the Texans forced to make during the war?
3. What were some of the jobs women held during the Civil War?
4. What products were scarce during the war?
5. Where was the last battle of the Civil War?
6. How did Texans learn that General Lee surrendered a month before the last battle?
7. What were the results of the Civil War?
8. What president appointed a provisional governor for Texas?
9. What did the North’s victory mean?