Identify which of the following groups would have been most supportive of slavery in Texas before the U.S. Civil War.(1 point)
Responses
Texas politicians
Texas politicians
plantation owners
plantation owners
abolitionists
abolitionists
Mexican laborers
plantation owners
Based on the map, escaping enslaved people would need to cross the Rio Grande to gain their freedom on the Underground Railroad.
The Democratic Party believed that the question of slavery was best left to states to decide.
The statement that best explains how slavery affected Texas's decision to secede from the Union is: The election of Lincoln in 1860 threatened the economic power of plantation owners in Texas.
Sam Houston tried to prevent the secession of Texas from the Union.
Use the map to answer the question.
A map of Texas shows several Underground Railroad routes from surrounding states heading south and southwest through Texas toward Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. The map key shows Underground Railroad routes in dashed lines. Current state boundaries are shown with solid lines. Cities are marked with a dot. An Underground Railroad route begins in Arkansas in an area with unlabeled converging rivers, crosses the border into present day Oklahoma, then heads south across the Red River into Texas. The route passes through Dallas, crosses the Brazos River and the Colorado River, passes through Austin, and continues to San Antonio. The route splits at San Antonio. One route continues west toward the city of Piedras Negras, and the other route continues south toward Laredo on the Rio Grande. A second route from Arkansas heads south through the northwest corner of Louisiana, crosses the Red River, passes through Nacogdoches, crosses the Brazos River, and joins the first route at Austin. A third route begins in northwest Louisiana, crosses into Texas, passes through Nacogdoches, and continues to Houston. The route crosses the Brazos River and the Colorado River and passes through the city of Brazoria, where it splits. One route continues to the Gulf of Mexico. The other route continues south along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico to the city of Matamoros. A fourth route begins in south central Louisiana, crosses into Texas, connects with the other route through Houston, heads south to the city of Galveston, and continues to the Gulf of Mexico. A scale shows 100 miles and 100 kilometers.
Based on the map, what geographic feature would escaping enslaved people need to cross to gain their freedom on the Underground Railroad?(1 point)
Responses
the Rio Grande
the Rio Grande
the Colorado River
the Colorado River
the Red River
the Red River
the Brazos River
What did the Democratic Party believe about slavery in Texas before the U.S. Civil War?(1 point)
Responses
The enslavement of Africans would eventually be replaced by using European immigrants and Mexican laborers.
The enslavement of Africans would eventually be replaced by using European immigrants and Mexican laborers.
They believed that the question of slavery was best left to states to decide.
They believed that the question of slavery was best left to states to decide.
The Democratic Party did not take a position on slavery and instead focused on immigration.
The Democratic Party did not take a position on slavery and instead focused on immigration.
They believed that slavery was immoral and evil.
Which statement best explains how slavery affected Texas’s decision to secede from the Union?(1 point)
Responses
The election of Lincoln in 1860 threatened the economic power of plantation owners in Texas.
The election of Lincoln in 1860 threatened the economic power of plantation owners in Texas.
Texas believed that Mexico would abolish slavery, so they joined the Confederacy to protect it.
Texas believed that Mexico would abolish slavery, so they joined the Confederacy to protect it.
Geographic location, rather than slavery, led Texas to join the Confederacy.
Geographic location, rather than slavery, led Texas to join the Confederacy.
Texas feared that the international antislavery movement would cause Great Britain to invade the state to end slavery.
What was Sam Houston’s reaction to early attempts to secede from the Union?(1 point)
Responses
He supported the secession of Texas from the Union.
He supported the secession of Texas from the Union.
He tried to abolish slavery in Texas.
He tried to abolish slavery in Texas.
He tried to prevent the secession of Texas from the Union.
He tried to prevent the secession of Texas from the Union.
He asked President Lincoln for troops to be sent to Texas.