Use the excerpt below to answer questions 7 and 8. "Some of you laugh to scorn the idea of bloodshed as the result of secession, but let me tell you what is coming. . . . Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet. . . . You may after the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, as a bare possibility, win Southern independence . . . but I doubt it." (1861)

Source: Library of Congress, American Memory Collection
Which statement below best summarizes Sam Houston's point of view at the beginning of the American Civil War?

Houston believed the idea of war and secession was wrong.

Houston predicted the South, including Texas, would win the war.

Houston did not think Texas and other southerners would suffer during the war.

Sam Houston believed in and supported the cause of secession.

8.
In what way does Sam Houston's statement attempt to encourage Texans to vote against succession?
It explains the benefits of leaving the Union.
It predicts the consequences of seceding.
It states why Texans should support secession.
It encourages Texans to join the Confederate army.