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How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?
Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it
Most Texans did not own slaves so it did ot have an influence.
Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy
Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade
All of the following could be considered causes of the civil war EXCEPT
Tariffs
Election of 1860
States rights
Texas joining the United States
Which Governor was removed from office for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy?
Mirabeau Lamar
Francis Lubbock
Sam Houston
John Bell Hood
Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention in FAVOR of having Texas secede from the Union?
They were tired of paying high federal income tax.
They wanted Abraham Lincoln to be president.
They felt the United States gave states too many rights.
They believed citizens should be allowed to own slaves.
In Texas history, what is the significance of the year 1861?
The legislature passed a law making fence-cutting a felony
Hurricane winds destroyed the area surrounding Galveston.
Charles Goodnight created the first cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle.
The Secession Convention decided that Texas should withdraw from the Union.
What cash crop accounted for the large increase in the slave population during the 1800's in Texas?
peanuts
sugar cane
potatoes
cotton
Why did the southern states threaten to secede?
They thought that Lincoln would end slavery.
They thought Lincoln would pass another protective tariff.
Lincoln did not win the electoral college.
Lincoln wanted war with Mexico.
What was one of the major economic differences between the North and the South before the Civil War?
The South was much larger than the North and had more factories
Fewer southern farmers than northern farmers owned land.
The South produced a wider variety of products compared to the North.
The economy of the South was dependent on slave labor
Who was the President of the states that seceded and named themselves the Confederate States of America?
Abraham Lincoln
Sam Houston
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
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