Explain why Galveston was an important area to control in Texas for both sides of the Civil War:

Galveston During the Civil War: Galveston was the biggest city in Texas prior to the Civil War, and a busy port was also located there. A federal blockade of the port in 1861 led to many residents abandoning the city until after the war was over.

the correct answer is: (1) affected by gerrymandering; (2) not affected by gerrymandering.

gerrymandering is known as a practice that intends to establish a some kind of political advantage for a particular party or group. to do this district boundaries are manipulated. the new resulting district is named a gerrymandering.

in other words, what gerrymandering does is to draw the boundaries of electoral districts trying to benefit the party who is doing it. sometimes, the party controlling the legislature will redraw it so they can maximize the number of districts they are likely to control.