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Civil War Review Key
1.
What were the issue that helped bring about the Civil War?
State’s rights, slavery, public lands, KS/NE Act, Dred Scott
2.
What was the chief product made using the labor of slaves? cotton
3.
Victory in what battle helped the Confederates keep open an important port?
Galveston
4.
Why did Texans suffer shortages of goods during the Civil War?
Union Navel Blockade stopped the importation of goods
5.
Who were the Unionist in Texas (describe)?
German Immigrants or poor Farmers on the western front
6.
Why did many Southerners support the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Why did
Northerner’s oppose it? It made slavery possible in these Territories through popular
sovereignty; Northerners’ did not want another slave state in Congress
7.
Why was Sam Houston removed from office as governor?
He refused to sign the
oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.
8.
What did blockade runners do? They carried supplies in and out of Texas
9.
Why did industry in Texas grow during the Civil War? Since supplies were not
coming into Texas people had to make things
10. What caused the “Great Hanging” in Texas? Unionist refused to join the Confederate
Army
11. How many seceded from the Union?
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12. Which five states that had slavery did not secede? MD. DE, WV, KY, and MO
13. On what date did Texas secede from the Union? The Session convention voted on 2/2/1861
however it then went to a state vote on 3/2/61 and they joined the Confederacy on 3/5/1861
14. Why did the Southern states secede when Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
They thought he would ban slavery and would not all new slave states to enter the Union
15. Why did northerners object to the Dred Scott decision?
It overturned the Missouri Compromise and allowed state’s to determine the laws on
Slavery.
16. Name the battles that took place in Texas, who won each battle and why?
Sabine Pass (2), Galveston (2), Red River Campaign, Laredo, Palmetto Ranch
17. What was the role for women during the Civil War?
Took care of family, farms, plantation and business; raised money, sent supplies and
provided nursing care.
18. Name the famous units of Texans who fought in the Civil War?
Hood’s Brigade, Terry’s Texas Rangers, and on the Union 8th Texas Cavalry
19. Where were the new factories opened in Texas during the Civil War?
Tyler, Rusk, Henderson, Columbia, Waco
21. What happened at Glorietta Pass? The Union captured Sibley’s supply train causing the
Confederates to have to abandon the attempt to seize New Mexico at
20. What was one of the important changes in the Constitution of 1876? Limiting the power of
the governor.
22. Why did the confederates want to control New Mexico? Gold and silver Mines
23. What was the purpose of the blockade? Stop Trade of weapons and supplies
24. What was “Reconstruction”?
• The Union government’s plan to restore the South to the Union after the Civil War.
25. What products were raised with great success during Reconstruction? cotton, wheat, and corn
26. Who took over for President Lincoln after he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
• Andrew Johnson
27. What were President Johnson’s terms for Reconstruction?
• Much like Lincoln’s plans had been, President Johnson’s plan called for:
– Confederate States had to set up temporary governments,
– End slavery,
– Declare secession illegal and
– Require all white males to swear their loyalty to the United States.
28. Why did the U.S. Congress establish its own Reconstruction plan?
• Congress believed that the President’s plan was too lenient.
29. How did the President’s and the Congress’s plan differ?
• Congressional Reconstruction restricted voting by former Confederates and placed
the South under military control.
30. When were slaves in Texas freed?
• June 19, 1865 (African American’s called this day Juneteenth).
31. What were the “black codes”?
• They limited the rights of African Americans.
• They prevented African Americans from serving on juries and holding public office.
• African Americans could be arrested if they were not working.
32. What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
• A group set up to protect freedmen or newly freed slaves from violence and the
Black Codes.
33. What did it do for former slaves?
• Provided food and health care.
• Helped adults get jobs.
• Set up schools for children.
•34. What changes took place in Texas during Reconstruction?
• New politics – Adoption of new constitutions.
• Economic changes – Railroads expanded and new industries began to grow
• New labor system – Many ex-slaves became “sharecroppers” working the land for
land owners.
35. Why did Texans write a new constitution in 1876?
• Texans didn’t like a strong central government.
• What did it state?
•• It cut the governor’s power to appoint officers.
• It limited elected leaders to 2 year terms.
• All males, including African Americans, received the right to vote.
36. What did the 13th Amendment do? Banned Slavery
37. What did the 14th Amendment do? Made the former slaves citizens and guaranteed due
process
•38. What did the 15th Amendment do? Gave the former male slaves the right to vote.
•39. What was the “Ironclad Oath”? The oath that former Confederate supported were required
to sign The Ironclad Oath was an oath promoted by Radical Republicans and opposed by
President Abraham Lincoln. By requiring officials and voters to swear they had never supported
the Confederacy, it limited the political activity of ex-Confederate soldiers and supporters. It
enabled a Republican coalition to come to power in ten Southern states during Reconstruction,
and was the source of anger on the part of local civic leaders who were prevented from voting or
holding office.
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40. Why could most male Texans not vote? The ironclad oath they had supported the
Confederacy
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41. What replaced slave labor in Texas? sharecroppers
How did this system work? farm worker who works another person’s land exchange for part of
the harvest Landowner assumed all the housing and production costs in exchange for have the
value of the crop
Abolitionist - persons-against slavery
Amendment-addition to constitution
Arsenal - store of weapons
Blockade-using ships to block trade
secede -To withdraw from the Union
sharecropper – farm worker who works another person’s land exchange for part of the harvest.
Unionist - person who lived in South but supported US
Vigilante- person who or group which takes justice/ law into their own hands.
popular sovereignty-allowing states to decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery
Compromise of 1850-plan that set western border of TX, gave up claim to NM for $10 million,
CA joined US as free state, and the other territories could decide for themselves whether to
allow slavery.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo-treaty signed between MX and TX. Terms: Mexico recognized
TX as part of the US and agreed on the Rio Grande as TX southern border.
Study Guide for Chapter 12 Test
Name ___________________________________________ Class Period ________
1.
What were the issues that helped bring about the Civil War?
2.
What was the chief product made using the labor of slaves?
3.
Victory in what battle helped the Confederates keep open an important port?
4.
Why did Texans suffer shortages of goods during the Civil War?
5.
Who were the Unionist in Texas (describe)?
6.
Why did many Southerners support the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Why did Northerner’s oppose it?
7.
Why was Sam Houston removed from office as governor?
8.
What did blockade runners do?
9.
How did “industry” in Texas grow during the Civil War?
10. What caused the “Great Hanging” in Texas?
11. How many states seceded from the Union?
12. Which five states that had slavery did not secede?
13. On what date did Texas secede from the Union?
14. Why did the Southern states secede when Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
15. Why did northerners object to the Dred Scott decision?
16. Name the battles that took place in Texas.
17. What was the role for women during the Civil War?
18. Name the famous units of Texans who fought in the Civil War?
19. What happened at Glorietta Pass?
20. What were some of the important changes in the Constitution of 1876?
21. Why did the confederates want to control New Mexico?
22. Where were the new factories opened in Texas during the Civil War?
23. What was the purpose of the blockade?
24. What was “Reconstruction”?
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25. What products were raised with great success during Reconstruction?
26. Who took over for President Lincoln after he was assassinated by John
Wilkes Booth?
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27. What were President Johnson’s terms for Reconstruction?
28. Why did the U.S. Congress establish its own Reconstruction plan?
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29. How did the President’s and the Congress’s plan differ?
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30. When were slaves in Texas freed?
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31. What were the “black codes”?
32. What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
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33. What did it do for former slaves?
34. What changes took place in Texas during Reconstruction?
35. Why did Texans write a new constitution in 1876? What did it state?
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What did the 13th Amendment do?
What did the 14th Amendment do?
What did the 15th Amendment do?
What was the “Ironclad Oath”?
Why could most male Texans not vote?
What replaced slave labor in Texas? How did this system work?
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Definitions of each of the following:
abolitionist
vigilante
amendment
popular sovereignty
arsenal
Compromise of 1850
blockade
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
secede
sharecropper
Unionist