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He was President of the United States during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
100
He was removed from the office of Texas Governor when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.
Who was Sam Houston?
100
This term refers to the day that slaves in Texas found out about their freedom.
What is Juneteenth?
100
This is the idea that the government will be divided into three branches.
What is separation of powers?
100
This was the name given to the Northern states that wanted to abolish slavery.
What is the Union?
200
This means to withdraw or pull away. The southern states did this and formed the Confederacy.
What is secede?
200
This is a tax on imported goods from other countries.
What is tariff?
200
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What was the 13th Amendment?
200
Both the U.S. and Texas constitution has this, a list of citizens individual rights.
What is a Bill of Rights?
200
He assassinated President Lincoln after the war.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
300
This is the idea that the federal government should not intervene in state decisions.
What is states' rights?
300
He commanded all confederate forces during the Civil War.
Who was General Robert E. Lee?
300
This was President Lincoln's law that abolished slavery in the Confederate States.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
This is the principle of government that reflects the will of the people (through voting).
What is popular sovereignty?
300
Schools districts in Texas get their money these two ways.
What is property taxes and bonds?
400
He was the commander of Confederate forces in Texas. He also commanded the troops that retook Galveston from the Union during the war.
What is John Magruder?
400
This battle was fought near Brownsville and was considered the last land battle of the Civil War.
What is Battle of Palmito Ranch?
400
This amendment gave African-American men the right to vote.
What was the 15th Amendment?
400
This is the year that the last constitution of Texas was written.
What is 1876?
400
This amendment gave citizenship to former slaves.
What is the 14th amendment?
500
This was the year that Texas joined the Confederacy.
What is 1861?
500
He was a Confederate general during the war and later became the President of Texas A&M University.
Who was Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross?
500
He was the Republican governor of Texas that most people in Texas disliked.
Who was Edmund J. Davis?
500
The Supreme Courts ability to declare a law unconstitutional is a example of this principle of government.
What is checks and balances?
500
This was the law that forced men to fight during the Civil War.
What was the conscription act?