Civil War Vocabulary
The act of officially separating from a country
What is Secession?
Communication during and after the war was_______
Slow
U.S. president elected in 1860
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Forced labor without pay
What is Slavery?
1854 mini conflict went against the earlier MO Compromise
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act?
To officially end a political relationship with a country
What is To Secede?
A conflict between North and South from 1861–1865
What is the American Civil War?
Texas governor who opposed secession
Who is Sam Houston?
What is 14th Amendment?
Union
The Northern states during the Civil War
What is the Union?
Preventing ships or supplies from entering or leaving
What is a Blockade?
Carpetbaggers
Emancipation of Black Texans who had been enslaved
What is Juneteenth?
People fleeing war and violence
What are Refugees?
The Southern states that rebelled against the U.S
What is the Confederacy?
The final battle of the Civil War in South Texas
What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
People who supported the North
Who are Unionists?
Large-scale farming of cash crops
What is Plantation Agriculture?
East Texas river battle where Union troops retreated
What is the Battle of Sabine Pass?
War ended when _______ surrendered.
Robert E. Lee
Harsh laws passed in Texas to restrict rights of freedmen.
Black Codes
14th Amendment
A proclamation freeing enslaved people in rebelling states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Last Battle in Texas
What is Battle of Palmito Ranch?