Ch. 15 Civil War Unit Test Review Part II Answers PDF

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Unit #6 TEST REVIEW: The Civil War Comes to Texas Ch. 15 1. Place the following events in sequential order on the timeline below. a. Texas rejoins the Union b. The current Texas Constitution is adopted c. Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant d. The Civil War is fought e. Sam Houston refuses to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy e

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2. Compose a newspaper headline describing Texas during the Civil War. Texans Divided on Issue of Slavery! OR Texans Fight to Protect Slavery! 3. In what year was President Lincoln elected as U.S. president? 1860 4. Which southern state was the first to secede from the Union? South Carolina 5. Establish the year in which Texas joined the Confederacy. 1861 6. Texas was the _7th_ state to secede. 7. Describe how the issue of States’ Rights led to the Civil War. Seceding states believed the Federal government should stay out of state affairs and not intervene. 8. Texas secessionists were so in favor of Texas leaving the Union because they considered slavery vital to the economy. 9. Construct an ending to this sentence: Because Sam Houston refused to take an Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy, he… was removed as Governor of Texas. 10. Included in the Texas Constitution is the principle of Popular Sovereignty. Define this principle in your own words. A government ruled by the people 11. John B. Magruder commanded the forces in Galveston on January 1st at the Battle of Galveston. 12. When was the Battle of Sabine? September 8, 1863 13. Who commanded the company of 47 soldiers who were stationed there? Dick Dowling 14. What did Dick Dowling and the Davis Guards accomplish at the Battle of Sabine? They took about 350 Union soldiers prisoner and captured 2 Union ships.

15. Explain why the cities of Brownsville and Laredo were so important to the Confederacy during the Civil War? They were used as a passage point for southern cotton to be shipped out and supplies for southern troops to be shipped in. 16. Identify the man who is noted for his fierce defense of the Texas-Mexico border, especially his service and bravery in the Battle of Laredo. Colonel Santos Benavides 17. The area of Texas that this man (answer to #16) and his brothers controlled became known as “The Benavides Texas Confederacy.” 18. Name two famous cavalry units from Texas who fought in the Civil War. Hood’s Texas Brigade and Terry’s Texas Rangers 19. Hood’s Texas Brigade was called “the finest soldiers” by Robert E. Lee. This unit was led by a man named John Bell Hood who now has a military base in Central Texas named after him. 20. Terry’s Texas Rangers fought in more battles than did any other cavalry regiment in the entire Civil War. 21. Which Texas holiday celebrates the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas? Juneteenth – June 19 22. Identify two ways Texas was affected by communication issues during the Civil War. Slow communication kept people fighting even after the war was over and delayed news of emancipation of enslaved people. 23. Which battle was fought after the surrender of the confederacy? The battle of Palmito Ranch 24. Provide the exact dates on which the Civil War began and ended. April 12, 1861-April 9, 1865 25. Who assassinated President Lincoln after the war was over? John Wilkes Booth...