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The Act of Conscription allowed for |
the hiring of substitutes for military service |
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As a result of the Civil War |
more than 600,000 people died, slavery was abolished , and the Confederacy was defeated. |
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As a result of the South's surrender |
the Texas government collapsed. |
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The Constitution of the Confederacy was much like |
the Constitution of the United States |
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The constitution of the confederate states of America was like that of the US except |
states were given more power |
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During the Civil War women |
worked on farms, served as nurses and sewed uniforms for troops |
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The force enrollment into military service |
Conscription |
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Georgia, Alabama, Florida |
seceded from the Union |
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How many Texans served in the confederate army? |
60,000 |
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Important victory for the confederacy |
Battle of Sabine Pass |
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Members of the 1861 convention in Montgomery, Alabama formed the |
Confederate States of America |
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Most delegates to the Texas Convention after 1860 |
favored secession |
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Most southerns in the 1850's believed that the rise of the Republican Party would mean |
The end of the southern way of life |
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The North's victory in the Civil War meant |
the Union was preserved |
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The reason Union leaders wanted to gain control of Galveston |
It had a busy seaport |
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Refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy |
Sam Houston
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Salt, paper and white flour |
were scarce during the Civil War |
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Served in army of other states |
Texas Volunteers |
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Southern leaders threatened to secede from the Union if |
the Republicans won the 1860 presidential election |
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Texas continued to send cotton to Europe through |
Mexico |
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Texas governors Lubbock and Murrah spent much of their time |
working for the Confederate War Effort |
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The Texas Secession Convention ordered all state officials to |
take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy |
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They used coffee substitutes, stopped printing newspapers, and wore homespun clothing |
Sacrifices made by Texans during the Civil War |
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Unionist who did not join the Confederate Army were |
arrested, forced into the Army or killed when attempting to flee into Mexico |
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The winner of the Red River Campaign |
the Confederate forces |
