Many issues divide the country
What year did the civil war begin?
1861
A person working to end slavery = ?
(Abolitionists)
Southern leaders threatened to secede or leave the U.S., if who became the President of the U.S? Why?
(Lincoln,end slavery)
Texas Governor who opposed Texas seceding
Sam Houston
Who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, and was removed from the Texas Governorship.
(Sam Houston)
What do we call the states that left the U.S.?
Confederacy
Which party was full of Northerners against slavery?
republicans
Who were the first six states to secede from the U.S. and join the Confederacy?
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana leave the U.S. first.)
Where was theTexas Secession Convention Held?
Austin tx
Where did Sam Houston die and how old was he?
(Sam Houston died in Huntsville, Texas at his home in 1863 at the age of 70)
Name 2 Issues of the war.
tariffs (taxes), distribution of public lands, slavery (one of the biggest issues) and states rights.
The party of the South who favored slavery and wanted to protect their way of life?
democrats
to withdraw from the union is called ?
secede
Which state was the 7th to secede?
Texas
Who believed the United States was perpetual and continued forever and Southern states had no right to leave?
(Lincoln)
the belief that the federal government shouldn't have too much power over the affairs of individual states is called ?
States rights
did slavery once exist up north ?
yes but the leaders put a stop to it.
supreme power is called ? and who did it belong to ?
sovereignty and it belonged to the states.
what date was the vote finalized for texas succession and what was the final vote count ?
feb 23,1861 46,153 to 14,747
Where were the first shots fired?
( Civil War begins at Fort Sumter, Charleston South Carolina
was there still prejudice towards african americans in the north ?
yes there were some up north who were prejudiced
in what two months did the 6 states decide to leave the union ?
december of 1860 and january of 1861
what was the date of the texas succession convention
january 28,1861