North and South Disagree
What issue divided the United States from it's beginning?
Slavery
A large farm that produces crops
Plantation
What was the first state to secede from the United States?
South Carolina
An effort to stop ships from getting by.
A blockade
Which army won?
Union
A tax paid on goods from another country.
Tarrif
What types of work did slaves do?
worked in fields and homes
What year did Texas secede?
1861
What Texas city did Union troops capture in 1862?
Galveston
What year did the war end?
1865
In what year did the United States elect a new president who was against the spread of slavery?
1860
Were slaves paid for the work they did?
No
What was the south called when it seceded?
The Confederacy
A group of soldiers who fight battles on horseback.
calvary
What was the result of the Civil War?
slavery ended forever
Who was the U.S president who opposed slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
What good was in high demand in the 1850's?
Cotton
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Who was the highest-ranking Mexican American who served the Confederacy?
Benavides
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender?
Appomattox Courthouse (near Richmond, Virginia)
Many people in what area of the United States disagreed with Lincoln?
The South
Why were most slaves in the southern United States?
They worked on plantations and farms.
Did the South have more slaves than the North?
Yes
When were the first shots fired at Fort Sumter?
April 12, 1861
What amendment made slavery illegal in the United States?
Thirteenth Amendment