Texas and the Civil War

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1. Which Texas governor refused to take an oath to the Confederacy before Texas seceded from the Union? Sam Houston James Throckmorton Elisha Pease Edward Clark

2. Early in the war, a group of soldiers from Texas were sent to capture what territory or state? Dakota Oklahoma New Mexico Louisiana

3. What island did Union troops capture in the early part of the War? Galveston Matagorda Padre Brazoria

4. Who led the attempt to retake the above mentioned island? John Ford Dick Dowling John Magruder Mirabeau Lamar

5. What was the Union doing to thwart the arrival of supplies into and out of Texas? Building station forts along the Sabine River Besieging the cities of Houston and Nacogdoches Guarding the Mexican Border Blockading the Gulf of Mexico

6. What battle did the Davis Guards keep the Union from capturing Houston? Palmito Ranch Sabine Pass Brownsville Mansfield

7. What country were all of the Davis Guards from? England Mexico Germany Ireland

8. Crop production shifted from what to corn and wheat during the Civil War? Cotton Tobacco Peanuts Sugar

9. Which battle in Texas was fought about a month after General Lee surrendered? Alamo Sabine Pass Palmito Ranch Mansfield

10. Who did President Andrew Johnson name as the provisional governor of Texas after the Civil War? Edmund Davis Andrew Hamilton Elisha Pease Richard Coke