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Annex: 200 Question: The president of Texas when the United States annexed Texas Answer Who was Anson Jones

Annex:400 Question: After Texans approved the new state constitution and annexation ordinance the U.S. Congress admitted Texas into the Union as the Answer 28 th State

Annex: 600 Question: The Texas State Constitution was ratified on Answer March 1845

Annex: 800 Question: Senator Adam opposed Texas annexation because Answer Texas would have entered as a slave state

Annex: 1000 Question: This these would have been most likely to bias people with antislavery views in the Northeast against the annexation of Texas by the United States Answer a newspaper article telling that every family in Texas owns hundreds of slaves

State: 200 Question: No public system of education existed when Texas became a state. Most Anglo children attended private schools established by Answer Local communities or churches

State: 400 Question: When Texas joined the other Southern states in seceding from the Union, Answer Sam Houston refused to continue serving as governor.

State: 600 Question: The factors or reasons people move from place to place Answer Push/Pull Factors

State: 800 Question: This group came to Texas seeking political or religious freedom Answer Germans

State: 1000 Question: The Texas economy affect the slave population by Answer Increased it

Wedges: 200 Question: During the 1800s, growing cotton required much labor. As a result Answer many Texas farmers bought slaves

Wedges: 400 Question: Before the presidential election of 1860, Southerners threatened to secede if Answer Republican won the election.

Wedges: 600 Question: This side supported a higher tariff on imports Answer The North

Wedges: 800 Question: This side believed states should have the right to decide the issue of slavery for themselves Answer South

Wedges: 1000 Question: They believed slavery was counter to democracy and American ideals Answer The North

Civil War: 200 Question: The first battle of the Civil War Answer The attack at Ft. Sumter

Civil War: 400 Question: This happened in 1863 after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation? Answer In the South, the Confederacy decided to ignore the order.

Civil War: 600 Question: This occurred during the convention that was held in Austin on January 28, 1861? Answer Delegates approved a declaration of war on the Union.

Civil War: 800 Question: Visual Answer (The answer here!)

Civil War: 1000 Question: This proclamation issued by President Lincoln freed slave in the confederate states rebelling against the union Answer The Emancipation Proclamation

Recon: 200 Question: In most parts of the South, free African Americans — Answer like slaves, were not able to vote or get an education

Recon: 400 Question: A requirement included in President Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction Answer Former Confederate states had to declare that their secession had been illegal.

Recon: 600 Question: Answer (The answer here!)

Recon: 800 Question: political reconstruction require the people of the South to do? Answer write new constitutions that rejected secession and ended slavery

Recon: 1000 Question: In 1867 Congress drew up a plan for Reconstruction that protected the rights of African Americans and Answer limited the roles of former Confederate leaders.

Bonus Question: 5000 pts. Question: Which of the following characteristics would best describe the Civil War and Reconstruction era in Texas? Answer Secession, war, and reunion

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Question: Abraham Lincoln believed that the Founding Fathers intended to form a single nation that would last for all time. According to the excerpt — Answer the Southern states did not have the legal right to secede from the Union

Daily Double Question: The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was passed in response to Answer most Southern states’ refusal to approve the Fourteenth Amendment.