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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the leader of the Confederacy troops?
General Sam Houston
General Robert E. Lee
General William B. Travis
General Ulysses S. Grant
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Civil War was mostly about ___.
slavery
sharecropping
reconstruction
tariffs
- 3. Multiple Choice
The North wanted tariffs because ___.
they wanted to upset the South.
they hoped all Americans would buy American-made goods.
they were at war with Europe.
they needed the money to run their factories.
- 4. Multiple Choice
President Abraham Lincoln gave the ____ speech on the field in which the Battle of Gettysburg was fought.
Treaties of Medicine Lodge Creek
13th Amendment
I Have a Dream
Emancipation Proclamation
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
helped former slaves find family members; gain an education; afford food, shelter, and clothing
punished slaves for escaping their owner's plantation
a small battle between the Union and Confederacy
a speech given by President Abraham Lincoln on the Gettysburg fields
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was the number one challenge of sharecropping?
mean plantation owners
bad season of crops
way too much rain
no education
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who was the leader of the Yanks (Union) troops?
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Robert E. Lee
General William B. Travis
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
- 8. Multiple Choice
Where did most American Indians go once they left Texas?
Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah
Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida
Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico
Mexico, New Mexico, Colorado
- 9. Multiple Choice
The Union set up ____ along the Southern coast to keep the Southerner's from trading goods.
blockades
sharecropping
tariffs
Freedman's Bureaus
- 10. Multiple Choice
____ was the first African American to play Major League Baseball.
Thurgood Marshall
Jackie Robinson
Langston Hughes
Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barbara Jordan all fought for ____.
the Civil War
Segregation
Civil Rights
Slavery
- 12. Multiple Choice
A person who opposed slavery was called _____.
a Buffalo Soldier
a Rebel
a Sharecropper
an Abolitionist
- 13. Multiple Choice
The 13th Amendment ___.
allowed all U.S. male citizens over 21 the right to vote
gave all men born in the U.S. citizenship
gave women the right to vote
abolished slavery
- 14. Multiple Choice
This Amendment awarded all U.S. males born in the United States citizenship.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which is the correct order of the 6 flags that flew over Texas?
France, Spain, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States of America, United States of America
Spain, Mexico, France, Republic of Texas, U.S.A., Confederate States of America
Mexico, Spain, France, Republic of Texas, U.S.A., Union
Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, U.S.A., Confederate States of America
- 16. Multiple Choice
How many states seceded to create the Confederate States of America?
28
10
11
50
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is believed to have started the Civil War?
Union shots fired at Fort Sumter - a Confederate fort
Confederate shots fired at Fort Sumter - a Union fort
The Battle of Gonzales
The Emancipation Proclamation
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is the day all African American slaves were officially set free?
Juneteenth (June 19th)
Independence Day (July 4th)
Texas Independence Day (March 2nd)
Julyteenth (July 17th)
- 19. Multiple Choice
The ____ was in favor of states' rights.
East
North
South
West
- 20. Multiple Choice
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War was ___.
Battle of Adobe Walls
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of Bull Run
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