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What was the primary reason the Civil War started?
The civil war started because of slavery. It was an issue that created a serious conflict between North and South.
Who was the President during the Civil War?
Lincoln
Were most families in Texas slave-owning families? About how many owned slaves?
No, about 1/4 families owned slaves.
What is a blockade?
A strategy that uses ships meant to prevent opposing vessels from entering a port, cutting off their supply.
Who was responsible for starting the Mexican-American War?
United States/Polk
When did the Union Army seize the port of Galveston?
1862
The General of the Confederate army.
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender, ending the War once and for all?
Appomattox Courthouse
What is secession?
When a state of the U.S. no longer wishes to be a part of the U.S. and so leaves, no longer belonging to the country
What is an empressario?
Someone who brought colonists/settlers into the state of Texas to live.
When did the Confederate Army retake the city of Galveston? (Year)
1863, New Years Day
Who was the leader of the Union Army?
General Grant
What group of Texans disagreed with the Confederacy, and were targeted for it?
German Immigrants, Mexican Texans, and Tejanos
What does Abolish mean?
To completely get rid of the specific thing in question. To end it
Which President was responsible for acquiring the largest amount of territory in the United States?
Polk
When did the Civil War officially come to an end?
April 9th, 1865
Who was the General responsible for emancipating the slaves once they reached Galveston?
Gordan Granger
When did Texas join the Confederacy, and why?
1861, to maintain slavery in the state
What is sharecropping?
A system that would replace slavery, it kept African Americans in poverty and subservience to white people.
What side fired first in the Civil War, and where?
Confederate, at Fort Sumter.
When did Reconstruction end, and why?
1876, because of the deal between the Republicans and Democrats made Hayes president but ended reconstruction in exchange.
Who was responsible for shooting Lincoln?
John Wilks Booth
what is the name of the President who would replace Lincoln (Not Grant!)
Johnson
What tribes had been living in the state of Texas, but would be pushed out of their homes following the Civil War?
Comanche & Apache
Why did members of the African American Community believe the end of Reconstruction was a betrayal by the U.S. government?
Because it allowed for open discrimination of African Americans for many years to come.