Texas in the Civil War
Heavily armored ships
Ironclads
Units of 1,000 Soldiers from their hometowns and country.
Regiments
The battle that was the turning point in the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
Slaves in Texas finally free. Holiday also known as Emancipation Day or freedom for the slaves in Texas day
Juneteenth- June 19th, 1865
Supplied help and legal aid to former slaves in post Civil War Texas
Freedman's Bureau
The highest-ranking Mexican American to serve in the Confederate Army
Santos Benavides
The year that Texas became a Republic
1836
What year did the Civil War take place
1861 - 1865
What happened to Sam Houston after he refused to sign an oath of secession?
He was removed as Governor of Texas
Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
A requirement of military service
Draft
Court Case that ruled:
African Americans are property NOT people
Slavery is legal everywhere
African Americans have zero rights under the U.S Constitution
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
What caused the Civil War
Slavery
State's Rights
Last battle of the Civil War
Palmito Ranch
Became President after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865
Who was the general that took a group of regiments to seize the Southwest.
Henry H. Sibley
Elected President of the U.S in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
What was something withheld because of fighting in the Civil War.
Cotton Diplomacy
March 2, 1861 Texas leaves the union. The social studies word for leave is...
Secession
Name of the laws passed in the southern states to prevent African Americans from receiving their civil rights
Black Codes- Jim Crow Laws
This act allowed states to decide whether to be free or slave state
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This person attempted to start a slave rebellion, was hung for treason, most importantly divided the North and the South to the brink of war.
John Brown
Name the 2 Generals of the Civil War, Union and Confederate.
Robert E. Lee - Confederate General
Ulysses S. Grant - Union General
Galveston
13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S Constitution
13th- Abolish Slavery
14th- Granted Citizenship
15th- African American Men right to vote