People / Battles
President of the U.S. during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
This is often considered to be the biggest cause of the Civil War -- the South used it a lot more than the North
Slavery
A larger population provided them with a larger army/navy
The Union (North)
The year the Civil War began
1861
The South wanted to preserve....
Their way of life / slavery
The last land battle of the Civil War -- it was fought on the banks of the Rio Grande
The Battle of Palmito Ranch
Southerners didn't like that a Republican who was against slavery just became the president of the U.S.
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Agriculture and farming was the main focus of their economy
The Confederacy (South)
The year the Civil War ended
1865
The name of the Union's strategy / plan...
The Anaconda Plan
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here
Fort Sumter
This created a "dividing" line between the North (free states) and the South (slave states)
Missouri Compromise
The Union (North) had access to more of these, which helped them to move supplies and soldiers more quickly
Railroads (Trains)
The year Texas was annexed into the U.S.
1845
Why didn't Sam Houston think Texas should secede?
- He felt the Union and U.S. Constitution should be preserved.
- He didn't want to violate the oath /pledge of allegiance he had already made to the U.S.
- He didn't think they (the South) could win
Originally fired cannons for Sam Houston during the Texas Revolution -- he was killed by cannon fire in the Civil War
Thomas Green
Loyalty to one's region of the country, rather than the nation as a whole
Sectionalism
They built the first "successful" submarine and torpedo
The Confederacy (South)
The year the Emancipation Proclamation was passed
1863
The commander of troops at the Battle of Galveston
John Magruder
Governor of Texas when Texas secedes from the Union. He refuses to take the oath of the Confederacy and he is removed from office.
Sam Houston
This allowed new territories added to the U.S. to decide whether they would be free or slave by popular sovereignty
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The economy of the North focused on these, which made producing weapons / supplies easier for them.
Factories
Abraham Lincoln was elected in this year...
1860
What was Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War?
To preserve the Union