Civil War Texas
This is the right the southern states separated from the Union because of.
What is the right to own slaves?
What is the Republican Party?
Where do you live? School districts get their funding from this type of tax.
What is property tax?
This branch of the government writes the laws and is Bicameral.
What is the legislative branch?
This action forced Texans to make homespun clothes & caused food, medicine, and ammo shortages.
What is the Union Naval blockade of the coast?
Texas' economy became heavily reliant on this because of their reliance on cotton farming.
What is slaves/enslaved persons?
The focus on ones own region rather than the nation as a whole.
What is sectionalism?
This person is the leader of the Municipal (local) government.
Who is the mayor?
Freedom of press, religion, speech and to bear arms is located in this document.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The name given to the date that slaves in Texas learned of the emancipation proclamation.
What is Juneteenth?
Texas was an important state to capture for the Union because of its ability to sell this crop to Europe.
What is cotton?
Republican party candidate who opposed slavery and his election led to the southern states seceding.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This level of government takes care of local sewer & water lines.
What is the Municipal Government? (Think City/Town!)
Allows citizens to vote for government officials.
What is REPublicanism?
Civic duty's are actions you are required to do as a citizen. Actions such as-
What is paying taxes/obeying laws/serving on a jury?
The battle of Palmito Ranch is important because it was the last of these.
What is the last major battle of the Civil War?
The South was against higher tariffs because of this. (They bought more of this cause they couldn't make it themselves)
What is increased prices on imported goods?
State & local governments collect takes in order to do this for the public.
What is provide services?
"Article 1, Sec, 1: Texas is an independent state, subject only to the Constitution of the United States." is an example of the principle-
What is Federalism?
Galveston was a major port of interest for the North to capture because of its access to the sea and to this invention that allowed goods to be transported easily over land.
What is the railway?
This side of the war had more railways, manufacturing and a larger population.
Who is the Union?
This time period is known for the passing of the Black codes, the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau, and the constitution of 1866 being adopted.
What is Texas Reconstruction?
These powers are shared between the state and federal government. (Think federalism).
What is taxation and/or pass & enforce laws.
As citizens, this action is considered BOTH a right and a responsibility.
What is voting in elections?
The south struggled to recover from the war because of these things.
What is loss of slave labor due to emancipation, destruction of farms by the war, and tensions b/n former slaves and their masters after the war?