Civil War Vocabulary
The act of officially separating from a country
What is Secession?
The number of killed, wounded, or missing in war
What are Casualties?
U.S. president elected in 1860
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Forced labor without pay
What is Slavery?
Texas’ largest prisoner-of-war camp
What is Camp Ford?
To officially end a political relationship with a country
What is To Secede?
A conflict between North and South from 1861–1865
What is the American Civil War?
Texas governor who opposed secession
Who is Sam Houston?
Freedom from slavery
What is Emancipation?
Texas trade route used to avoid the Union blockade
What is the Rio Grande Trade?
The Northern states during the Civil War
What is the Union?
Preventing ships or supplies from entering or leaving
What is a Blockade?
Leader of the Texas Brigade
Who is John Bell Hood?
Emancipation of Black Texans who had been enslaved
What is Juneteenth?
People fleeing war and violence
What are Refugees?
The Southern states that rebelled against the U.S
What is the Confederacy?
The final battle of the Civil War in South Texas
What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
People who supported the North
Who are Unionists?
Large-scale farming of cash crops
What is Plantation Agriculture?
East Texas river battle where Union troops retreated
What is the Battle of Sabine Pass?
An area or zone of fighting during a war
What is a Theater?
A key Texas port recaptured by Confederates
What is the Battle of Galveston?
Cavalry group fighting in the Western Theater
Who are Terry’s Texas Rangers?
A proclamation freeing enslaved people in rebelling states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Reasons Texas suffered less war damage
What are Texas’ Advantages?