Key Leaders of the Civil War
Vocabulary
Main Events of the Civil War
Union or Confederate?
Misc.
100
Robert E. Lee
Who surrendered to General Grant to end the Civil War?
100
A sharecropper
A ___________ paid part of the crops he or she grew to the landowner in return for using the landowner's land to farm.
100
Cotton
What is the main source of income for Texas exporting to Europe causing high demand and more plantation owners feeling the need for slavery?
100
Robert E. Lee
Who was the General for the Confederacy?
100
4 years
How long did the Civil War last?
200
Abraham Lincoln elected this in November 1860
What is President of the United States?
200
Union
What is the northern states?
200
A blockage in Galveston bay area
What caused several battles along the Texas coastline?
200
Texas
Which state seceded from the Union shortly after South Carolina to become part of the Confederate States?
200
June 19, 1865
When is the Juneteenth celebration/anniversary?
300
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the Union General that led the troops to victory?
300
Confederacy
What is the southern states?
300
The Emancipation Proclamation
What order did President Lincoln make to free the slaves?
300
Ulysses S. Grant
Who is the general for the Union troops?
300
State's rights
What is another reason for the Civil War?
400
Jefferson Davis elected to this position
Who was the first and only president of the Confederacy?
400
secede
What is to formally withdraw from an organization – political, religious or other or to separate?
400
South Carolina
Which state was the first to secede from the United States?
400
President of the United States during the Civil War
How did Abraham Lincoln served his country during this time?
400
60,000-70,000
How many Texans joined the Confederacy?
500
Abraham Lincoln's order freeing the slaves
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
500
Reconstruction
What is the period after the Civil War when the focus was the rebuilding of the states and their society
500
General Robert E. Lee surrenders
What happened in Virginia to General Grant that ended the war?
500
Union ships
Who captured and blocked Galveston harbor to start mini-battles in Texas during the Civil War?
500
Constitution of 1876
What is the document written in Texas after the Civil War and still used today?
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