Civil War
Name the major reason for the Civil War
What is slavery
A state separates from their country
What is secede
The most lopsided battle in the Civil War, with the South outnumbered 5000 to 44
The Battle of Sabine Pass
A person who wanted to eliminate slavery
What is an abolitionist
"Slavery is abolished in the United States"
What is the 13th Amendment
The year the Civil War began
What is 1861
Texas and 10 other stated joined together to form this
What is the confederacy
Confederate troops broke through the Union blockade to keep possession of this port
What is the port at Galveston
Created to provide former slaves with education, jobs, and shelter
What is the Freedman's Bureau
"African Americans are granted citizenship and equal protection under the law"
What is 1865
Slavery was abolished by _______ on January 1, 1863
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
Name the Union strategy to cut off all possible trade and supply routes
People farming another man's land for a share of the crops
"African Americans are given the right to vote"
What is the 15th Amendment
This cause of the Civil War was the belief that the federal government should not interfere with the state law
What is States Rights
These states did not secede, but remained part of the United States
What is the Union
What is cotton
People reside on and farm land owned by a landlord
What is tenant farming
Passed by the Southern states to limit the African American's right guaranteed by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
What are the Black Codes
Name some advantages the North had over the South
What are:
more factories
better transportation
better communication
Name the governor removed from office when he refused to sign allegiance to the confederacy
Who was Sam Houston
This law required men 18-35 to fight for the Confederacy
What is the Conscription Act or Conscription Law
The holiday that celebrated the emancipation of slaves
What is Juneteenth
The government agency set up to protect African American's right
What was the Freedman's Bureau