Vocab
To formally leave or withdraw from a country
Secession
The belief that states should be able to make certain decisions on their own
State's rights
Holiday that celebrates the day that enslaved people in Galveston learned they were freed
Juneteenth
Texas was part of the ________________ during the Civil War
Confederacy
More opportunities for women and children
Social
Someone who wants slavery to end
Abolitionist
The belief that your region or section of the country is superior
Sectionalism
President Abraham Lincoln was ________________ five days after the end of the Civil War
assassinated
First battle of the Civil War in Texas
Battle of Galveston
Crop production in the South declined and debt and inflation increased
Economic
To be set free
Emancipation
Why were abolitionists worried about new states like Texas and Missouri joining the United States?
It would upset the balance between free and slave states
An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods and people from entering or leaving
Blockade
Significance of the 13th Amendment
Ended slavery
A person who has escaped and is on the run from the law
Fugitive
An act that stated that escaped slaves in the North had to be returned to the South
Fugitive Slave Act
Document that symbolically freed enslaved people in the South
Emancipation Proclamation
Who resigned as Governor after not swearing loyalty to the confederacy?
Sam Houston
Name an economic effect of the war
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To pass a law
Ratify
The election of _____________ was the main reason that Southern states seceded
Lincoln
How did the South get supplies despite the blockades?
Blockade runners & trade with other countries
Last battle of the Civil War in Texas
Palmito Ranch
Name a political effect of the war
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