Causes of Civil War
The election of this Republican President in 1860 was the ultimate act leading to the secession of states in the South.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In the 1850s, the new Republican Party was opposed to this.
What is the the spread of slavery into new territories?
The Confederate attack on this Federal Fort is considered the official start of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This famous Texan governor opposed secession, despite being a slaveowner himself. He was removed from office for not swearing allegiance to the Confederacy.
Who is Sam Houston?
In the mid-1800s, the federal government decided to protect Texas frontier towns by doing this.
What is moving Native Americans into reservation lands?
This Compromise allowed for the annexation of both Texas and California into the United States.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Many people in the Southern states oppose high tariffs because of this.
What is an increased cost to purchase imported products?
What is Galveston?
This Texan led a cavalry unit known as the 8th Texas Cavalry or Terry's Texas Rangers, which fought in multiple battles in the Civil War.
Who is Benjamin Franklin Terry?
This major cash crop was an important part of the Texan economy before the Civil War.
What is cotton?
This slave unsuccessfully sued for his freedom. His legal proceedings lasted for over a decade until he lost his case at the Supreme Court.
Who is Dred Scott?
This U.S. political party became popular in Texas for supporting Texas annexation and slavery.
What is the Democratic Party?
This was the reason why the Union army hoped to capture Brownsville.
What is to stop the movement of Confederate goods to and from Mexico?
This famous Texas Confederate General led one of the Confederacy's leading infantry unit under General Robert E. Lee. He later lost his right leg and the use of his right arm in battle.
Who is John Bell Hood?
The growth of this population group was directly tied to the strength of the Texan economy before the Civil War.
What are African American slaves?
This abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry to try to start a slave rebellion.
Who is John Brown?
This political party's primary issue was the limitation of immigration into the United States.
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
Union forces hoped to gain access to Texas by capturing Fort Griffin, which lies at the mouth of this river.
What is the Sabine River?
This African American soldier was a former slave who fought for the Union in the Civil War. He was awarded a Medal of Honor for his bravery after leading his company in an assault on the Confederate fortifications at Petersburg after all his officers were killed or wounded.
Who is Milton M. Holland?
This was how the government ensured most men of military age served in the Confederate army.
What are Conscription Laws?
This law meant the repeal of the Missouri Compromise which outlawed slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
In 1860, Texas delegates declared their right to secede from the Union by issuing this legal declaration.
What is the Ordinance of Secession?
The last battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Palmito Ranch.
This Confederate general led the Confederates in several battles, including the recapture of Galveston in 1862.
Who is Thomas Green?
This lieutenant governor became governor when Sam Houston left office.
Who is Edward Clark?