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drink · **on:** Aug 8, 2018

To what extent did Texans support the Confederacy during the Civil War?

A. Perhaps 90,000 Texans served in the Confederate military at some time during the war.
B. The Texas male population was badly split over the war, with about half serving in the Confederate army and half serving in the Union army.
C. Most Texans privately supported the federal government but were afraid to take a public stand.
D. Most Texans strongly supported the Confederacy because it provided much greater protection against Indian raids than the federal government had previously done.

Question 2

During the states secession crisis, Sam Houston __________.

A. consistently supported the secession movement from the start
B. initially opposed secession but then changed sides and took an oath to support the Confederacy
C. opposed secession and refused to take an oath to support the Confederacy
D. became a general in the Confederate army