General Questions
Deadliest war in American history; conflict between north (union) and south (confederacy)
The Civil War
The South's economy was mainly made of these.
Plantations
Texas ships earned their name from the cotton bales lining the sides of these wooden ships.
Conttonclads
President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
The government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61
Confederate
Main product made using slave labor.
Cotton
The North's economy was mainly made up of these.
Factories
In this battle, troops were sent to the mouth of a river leading into the Gulf of Mexico.
Battle of Sabine Pass
General of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
During the American Civil War, the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States led by President Abraham Lincoln
Union
One reason Texas Leave the Union?
Slavery
States believed the federal government should not intervene in state decisions, such as tariffs and slavery
States' Rights
This was the last battle fought in Texas.
The battle of Palmito Ranch
He was removed as Governor of Texas due to his refusal to pledge allegiance to the CSA.
Sam Houston
The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
Secession
The Cotton Road was a supply route from Texas to _____. Texans used this route to trade cotton for supplies for the Confederacy.
Mexico
What was another name for the South?
Confederacy
What was important about the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
He was the general of the Union Army.
Ulysses S. Grant
Emancipation
Did Sam Houston believe the South could have won the war.
No
Forcing people to work for no pay
Slavery
The Confederate army recaptured the Port of Galveston from Union forces. The victory protected one of the only ports available to the Confederacy
Battle of Galveston
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Reside or have one's place of business in (a building).
Occupy