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Texas Civil War Quiz
Texas and the Civil War
In 1861, Texas held a vote on secession. On February 1, delegates at a state convention voted to leave the United States. Texas voters approved secession later that month, and Texas joined the Confederacy on March 2. Governor Sam Houston opposed secession. After Texas left the Union, he refused to swear allegiance to the Confederacy and was removed from office.
Texas contributed soldiers and supplies, including cattle and cotton, to the Confederate war effort. Union forces blockaded the Texas coast. Battles took place in the state, including at Galveston and Sabine Pass. One of the last land battles of the Civil War was fought at Palmito Ranch, near Brownsville, on May 12–13, 1865—after Confederate General Robert E. Lee had surrendered in Virginia.
On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and announced that enslaved people in Texas were free under federal law. The announcement came more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. Juneteenth commemorates this news and the end of slavery in the United States.
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1.On what date did the Texas convention vote to secede from the United States?
- February 1, 1861
- March 2, 1861
- June 19, 1865
- May 12, 1865
2.Which Texas governor opposed secession and was later removed from office?
3.True or false: Texas joined the Confederacy on March 2, 1861.
TrueFalse
4.Fill in the blank: Texas supplied the Confederate war effort with soldiers, cattle, and .
5.What did Union forces do to the Texas coast during the war?
- They blockaded it.
- They made it the Confederate capital.
- They built a railway across it.
- They declared Texas an independent country.
6.Match each event or person in the first column to the correct description in the second column. Write the matching letter beside each item.
- Sam Houston
- Palmito Ranch
- June 19, 1865
- B. Governor who opposed secession
- A. Date freedom was announced to enslaved people in Galveston
- C. Site of one of the last Civil War land battles
7.Why is it significant that the Palmito Ranch battle happened after General Lee surrendered in Virginia?
8.Who announced in Galveston that enslaved people in Texas were free under federal law?
9.What does the date difference tell you about when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free?
10.In one or two sentences, explain what Juneteenth commemorates and why it matters to Texas history.
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