Vocabulary
Texas In Civil War
Causes Of Civil War
People/Events
Misc.
100
an agreement between two or more sides
Compromise
100
What is considered the "king" crop?
Cotton
100
What amendment ended slavery?
13th amendment
100
The Kansas-Nebraska Act did what?
allowed slavery to expand into territories by popular sovereignty.
100
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a fictional story about life in slavery. Did it hurt or help the Abolitionist Movement in the Union?
Help
200
economy that is based on agriculture
Plantation System
200
What was a factor that greatly impacted Texans in supporting slavery?
large land areas fit for growing cotton
200
A condition in which one person was controlled by another, being deprived of rights and freedoms.
Slavery
200
The Compromise of 1850 did what?
created the borders of modern day Texas
200
What was the main cause for the increased slave population between 1790 and 1860?
The invention of the cotton gin
300
what does it mean to officially leave a country?
secede
300
What part did slavery play in Texas joining the Civil War?
Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy.
300
The belief that states should have the power to decide issues not listed in the U.S. Constitution
States' Rights
300
Election Of Lincoln> ? >Attack On Fort Sumter
The Southern states began to secede
300
Tried to keep a balance between free states and slave states. Missouri was a slave state and Maine was a free state.
Missouri Compromise
400
the idea that state have constitutional rights that the federal government cannot take away
States' Rights
400
Which event caused Texas to secede from the Union?
the election of President Lincoln
400
A person's loyalty being to the region in which they live over the nation as a whole.
Sectionalism
400
What were Sam Houston's thoughts on the sucession of Texas from the US?
He did not support secession and felt Texas would not be strong enough to win in war.
400
Why was the Attack on Fort Sumter significant?
First battle of the Civil War
500
someone who wants to end slavery
Abolitionist
500
Secession of the Confederacy
500
When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, many Southerners thought their way of life was in danger. Which new political party did Lincoln represent?
The Republican Party
500
What was the most common fear among southerners after the election of 1860?
Congress would try to abolish slavery.
500
The Compromise of 1850