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  • Before 1836 the Texas area belonged to?
    Spain and then Mexico
    France
    Mexico and then Spain
  • Some economic features of the South:
    All are correct
    It needed slave workers to make money.
    It depended on agriculture
  • When did Abraham Lincoln become the President?
    Feb 9, 1861
    April 12, 1861
    March 4, 1861
  • In the year 1819, the U.S. obtained the land of the state of ______ from ______.
    Florida - France
    Florida - Spain
    Texas - Spain
  • Who was the Mexican general?
    Stephen Austin
    Sam Houston
    Santa Anna
  • How many states fought for the South in the Civil War?
    12
    11
    14
    13
  • What was the main cause of Civil War?
    Slavery
  • Some economic features of the North:
    Northern factories did not use slaves
    All are correct
    It lived from industry
    The manufacture of goods such as clothing and furniture
  • Which state was the first one leaving the Union?
    Georgia (Dec. 20, 1860)
    South Carolina (Dec. 20, 1860)
    North Carolina (Dec. 20, 1860)
    Louisiana (Dec. 20, 1860)
  • What was the name of the Republic of Texas?
    "The Lone Star Republic"
  • What were the nicknames of the North and the South respectively?
    Union and The Confederacy
  • Who had more representatives in Congress?
    The North
    The South
  • When did the battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania take place?
    March 4, 1861
    Feb 9, 1861
    July 1863
  • Who was the leader of American settlers?
    Sam Houston
    Stephen Austin
    Santa Anna
  • Where and when did the army of General William Sherman marched through the South and destroyed homes, plantationsm and railroads?
    The East and the West - 1861-1862
    Georgia and the Carolinas - 1863-1864
  • When did Abraham Lincoln declare the Emancipation Proclamation?
    April 12, 1861
    Jan 1, 1863
    Feb 9, 1861
    March 4, 1861
  • Where did the first battle take place in the Civil War?
    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    Bull Run (July 1861)
    Washington D.C. (January 1, 1863)
  • After a war in 1848, Mexico ceded the territory from the _________ to the _________
    Pacific Ocean - Louisiana Purchase
    Louisiana Purchase - Pacific Ocean
  • When did President Polk divided the large Oregon Territory with Great Britain?
    1853
    1846
    1845
  • ________________ Confederate President Jefferson Davis held the last meeting of his cabinet. Davis tried to escape, but was soon captured. He spent the next two years in prison.
    April 9, 1865
    April 3, 1865
    May 5, 1865
  • The South opposed federal laws and seceded (separated) from the Union by creating the______________.
    Union
    Confederate States of America
  • When did the world enter the Nuclear Age?
    1950
    1960
    1940
    1945
  • Texas became part of the U.S. __________ because it was a ____ state.
    after 9 years - slave
    right away - free
  • Where and when did General Grant win many battles and demand the surrender of the Confederates?
    The East and the West - 1861-1862
  • What was the name of Lincoln's famous speech?
    Gettysburg Address
    The Emancipation Proclamation
  • Who produced expensive products and got the U.S. government to put a protectionist tax on products from other countries?
    The South
    The North
  • When did Jefferson buy the territory west of the Mississippi River from France in Louisiana?
    1783
    1803
    1813
    1846
  • Where and when did the North capture the Confederate capital?
    Richmond, Virginia - April 9, 1865
    Richmond, Virginia - April 3, 1865
    Richmond, Virginia - May 5, 1865
  • What was the capital city of the U.S. during the Civil War?
    Washington, D.C.
    Richmond
  • What did the settlers in Texas want?
    The rights of Americans
    to separate from Mexico and form their own repulic
    Slavery and local self-government
    All are correct
  • When was the Confederation formed?
    Dec. 20, 1860
    April 12, 1861
    Feb 9, 1861
  • When did General Santa Anna defeat the rebels at the Alamo?
    March 6, 1836
    April 21, 1836
  • The ________ was adding free states to the Union and had a larger population than the South.
    North
    South
  • Who preferred cheap European goods to the expensive products of northern factories and opposed the protective tax on them?
    The North
    The South
  • Who were the Commanding Generals of the North
    Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
    Ulysses S. Grant and William Sherman
  • When did the U.S. annexed the territory of Texas?
    1813
    1845
    1819
    1846
  • Who won in the first battle in Bull Run in the Civil War?
    Union forces
    The Confederate army
  • On what year did the U.S. pay $10 million for some Mexican land in the Southwest, called Gadsden Purchase?
    1845
    1803
    1853
    1846
  • Who agreed to sell California and the rest of its territory north of the Rio Grande for the U.S.?
    Mexico
    France
    Spain
    Germany
  • When did the Alaska Purchase take place?
    1867
    1848
    1898
  • With the spirit of the battle cry "Remmember the Alamo", Sam Houston and the Texans won a battle at San Jacinto on______
    March 6, 1836
    April 21, 1836
  • Who became the President of Texas?
    Sam Houston
    Stephen Austin
  • When did the Civil War begin?
    April 9, 1861
    April 9, 1865
    April 12, 1861
  • On ____________ Texas was admitted as the _______ state.
    December 29, 1845 - 28th
    December 29, 1845 - 30th
  • After the American Revolution in 1783, the territory of the U.S. stretched from __________ in the East to ____________ in the West.
    the Pacifi Ocean - the Alantic Ocean
    the Atlantic Ocean - the Pacific Ocean
  • When did the Annexation of Hawaii take place?
    1846
    1867
    1898
  • When did General Robert E. Lee surrender?
    April 9, 1865
    April 3, 1865
  • When did the conflict of the North and the South begin
    When the nation began to expand west
    When Abraham Lincoln became the President
  • Who was the American military leader?
    Sam Houston
    Santa Anna
    Stephen Austin