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Time period of civil war?

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1861-1865

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Who was in the civil war? (sides)

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Union vs Confederacy

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Why did the Civil War take place

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-slavery
- states’ rights
-sectionalism
-tariffs

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what was sectionalism?

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focus on the interests on one’s region

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Why did slavery divided the nation in the 1860s

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  • economy of the south depended on it, the north did not
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Why did states’ rights divided the nation in the 1860s

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belief that states should have more power to make laws than federal gov’t

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Why did tariffs divided the nation in the 1860s

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hurt south because they had to pay high prices on imported goods; helped north make more money

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Why did sectionalism divided the nation in the 1860s

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when a person is loyal to their region or section of the country first

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What party was created in the 1860s?

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Republican Party

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What was the Republican’s Parties view on slavery

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The Republican Party opposed slavery in new U.S. territories, but were ok with it remaining in the south.

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What caused the South to secede from the Union

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The election of Abraham Lincoln caused the south to secede from the Union.

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. What was Sam Houston’s position on secession?

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Sam Houston was opposed to secession.

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Why did Sam Houston didn’t want secession?

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He thought the south couldn’t win the war.

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How did Texans vote on the secession issue?

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The majority of Texans voted to secede from the Union

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What was Texas’ justification for secession?

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hey believed that the north had abused its power.

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President for Union during Civil War

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Abraham Lincoln

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President for Confederacy during Civil War

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Jefferson Davis

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Commanding General for Union during the Civil War

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Commanding General for Confederacy during the Civil War

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Robert E. Lee

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What were the Union’s advantages during the Civil war

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They had more men and supplies

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What were the Confederacies advantages during the Civil war

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they had better generals and knowledge of the land

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Union’s strategy for Civil War

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Offensive War
-blockade ports
-cut Confederacy in half

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What was the Union’s strategy called in the Civil War?

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Anaconda Plan

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Confederacies strategy for Civil War

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Defensive War
-wear down the North until they give up
-defend the South

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What battle started the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
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who attacked first in the first battle of the war
Sumter -Confederates attacked first
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who won Fort Sumter
Confederates
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How did the south address the need for more men to join the Confederate Army?
they passed Conscription Act
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Contents of Conscription Act
required ALL men 18-35 to serve in the army.
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What are Unionists?
Unionists were southerners who supported the north.
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What happened to Unionists
They were often -arrested, -forced to join the army, -killed.
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two provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation?
a. declared all slaves in the Confederacy were free b. allowed African Americans to join the Union army
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What are some of the various roles women played in the Civil War?
Women served as -nurses -sewed clothing -gathered supplies for soldiers.
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What was the leading cause of death during the Civil War?
disease and infection
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4 Battles in Texas of Civil War
- Battle of Galveston - Battle of Sabine Pass -Battle of Brownsville -Battle of Palmito Ranch
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Description of Battle of Galveston
-Confederates won -disrupted Union blockade -allowed South to get supplies
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Description of Battle of Sabine Pass
-Confederates defended Texas -300 Union soldiers captured - Prevented north from attacking interior of Texas
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Description of Palmito Ranch
-fought a month after the war ended -confederate reinforcements arrive and forced the union to retreat
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Description of Battle of Brownsville
-Union troops attempt to cut of confederate supply line -Initially won by Union, but confederacy eventually took control
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How did the Civil war end?
Union captured Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse
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What problems did the south have at the end of the Civil War? (3)
a. land was left in ruins b. south can no longer rely on slave labor c. freed slaves had no food, shelter, or jobs
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What is Reconstruction?
Reconstruction was the program put in place by the federal government to repair damage to the South and restore the southern states to the Union.
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What is Juneteenth
celebration of the end of slavery in Texas.
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When is Juneteenth?
June 19, 1865
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How long after the Emancipation Proclamation did Texas slaves have to wait for freedom?
Two and a half years
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What was the Freedmen’s Bureau created to do? (3)
a. help former slaves find jobs b. set up schools for former slaves c. provide food and clothing for former slaves
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Did the Texans like the Freedmen Bureau?
NOOOOO Most Texans hated the Freedmen’s Bureau and opposed their efforts to help freed people.
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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? What was he trying to do?
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln hoping to reignite the war and restore the Confederacy.
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what did southern states have to do to rejoin the Union? (3)
a. Each state had to nullify its act of secession b. They had to acknowledge that the U.S. would not pay its debt from the Civil War c. They had to abolish slavery
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When ex-Confederates regained control of southern state legislatures, what was their goal?
Their goal was to restrict the rights of African Americans.
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What are Black Codes?
Black Codes were laws passed by the southern state government to limit rights of African Americans
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give one example of Black codes
these laws - restricted the right to vote - said they could only work in farming -forced them to work on plantations if they were unemployed.
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What was the Ku Klux Klan created to do?
The KKK was created to prevent freedmen from exercising their freedoms.
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Who did the KKK target
-African Americans -Freedmen's Bureau workers -carpetbaggers -scalawags
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Why did Radical Republicans take control of Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans took control of Reconstruction to punish the south for the war and for passing the Black Codes.
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Two goals of reconstruction
a. Have tougher requirements for southern states to rejoin b. Protect the rights of African Americans
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. Why was the south divided into military districts?
Southern states would be controlled by military governors until the states met the requirements set by Congress.
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13th amendment
abolished slavery
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14 amendment
provided citizenship and equal protection to African Americans
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15 amendment
- provided the right to vote for African American men
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. After Democrats regained control of the Texas government, how long did they remain in power?
105 years
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What was the primary goal of the Constitution of 1876?
The primary goal was to limit the power of the governor.
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How many times has the Constitution of 1876 been amended
498 times
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ordinance
a local law or piece of legislation
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free from outside control; self-governing
sovereign
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conscription
the forced enrollment of people into military service
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using naval vessels to prevent shipment of food and supplies into or out of ports
blockade
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secede
to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to
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the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitutional powers
state’s rights
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an official release from punishment for a crime
pardon
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freedmen
a formerly enslaved person
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carpetbagger
a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government
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scalawag
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
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nullify
to cancel
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What action did the Confederacy take to meet the ongoing needs for soldiers?
It required all men from 18 to 35 to serve for the Confederacy.
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What did the Emancipation proclamation declare?
All enslaved people in the Confederacy were now free.
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How did the Ordinance of Secession justify Texas’s break from the U.S.
It claimed that the government was abusing its power.
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Why did many people in the southern states oppose high tariffs?
High tariffs meant that it would cost more to purchase imported goods.
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Abraham Lincoln (3)
-president of the U.S. during the Civil war -issued the Emancipation Proclamation -Assassinated at the end of the war
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Jefferson Davis
-president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
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Ulysses S. Grant
-Union general during the Civil War -Ended reconstruction in Texas
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Robert E. Lee
-Confederate general who surrendered at the end of the war
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Sam Houston(2)
-Texan that opposed secession -Texas governor that was removed from office
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What year did TX secede
1861
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Andrew Johnson
-impeached -started reconstruction
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North's side on slavery
opposed
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South's side on slavery
supported
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South's side on states rights
supported
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North's side on states rights
Opposed
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South's side on tariffs
Opposed
90
North's side on tariffs
supported
91
South's side on sectionalism
supported
92
North's side on sectionalism
supported

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