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41 Cards in this Set
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Jefferson Davis
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President of the Confederacy
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Pendleton Murray
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Governor of Tx. during the Civil War
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Elisha Pease
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tried to remain neutral during the war
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Palmito Ranch
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last battle of the Civil War; fought AFTER the surrender;
Confederacy won but the war was already over |
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Juneteenth
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Texas slaves were freed - June 19,1865
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Richard Dowling
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led the Davis Guards in victory at the Sabine Pass
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martial law
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military administrated law
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Bull Run
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first major battle of the war - Virginia
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Albert Sidney Johnston
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highest ranking Texan in the war and second highest Confederate
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Ulysses Grant
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Commander of the Union troops; 18th President of the United States
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Abe Lincoln
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President of the United States during the Civil War.
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Robert E. Lee
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Commanded the Confederate troops
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Fort Sumter
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Charleston, South Carolina; the war begins here on April 12, 1861
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Hood's Brigade
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led by John Bell Hood - Lee's finest soldiers
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Terry's Texas Rangers
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Texas regiment, fought in more battles than any other cavalry regiment
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amendments
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formal change to the constitution
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freedman
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former slaves
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black codes
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laws limiting the rights of African Americans
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Effect of the Emancipation Proclamation
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Stated that slaves in states in rebellion were freed - but those states did not recognize Lincoln as their president, so no slaves were freed at that time.
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Texans that remained neutral during the war
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Elisha Pease
Sam Houston David G. Burnett |
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The location of Texas was important during the Civil War because. . .
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Trade with Mexico
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What was the Union's strategy during the Civil War?
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Take control of the Mississippi River
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How could a person who was drafted get out of serving in the war?
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Get a substitute
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What were some advantages of the North during the war?
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-Railroads completed
-More factories -had more money -Produced more food and weaponry |
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Causes of the Civil War
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Slavery, Election of 1860, secession Sectionalism, states rights
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What did Lee do after the war?
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Lee became the president of Washington College
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What did Grant do after the war?
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Grant became the 18th President of the United States
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April 12, 1861
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war begins at Fort Sumter
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April 9, 1865
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War ends
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April 14, 1865
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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December 20, 1860
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South Carolina secedes
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What initially caused the south to begin secession?
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Election of 1860
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Name the battles of the Civil War that took place in Texas
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Sabine Pass, Palmito Ranch, Galveston
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What territory did the United States gain from Mexico before the Civil War.?
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Mexican Cession
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What is the 13th amendment?
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frees slaves
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What is the 14th amendment?
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Citizenship
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What is the 15th amendment?
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Right to vote
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State's rights
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the idea that each state had the right to determine whether or not to follow the federal law
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Which state entered the Union as a free state after the Compromise of 1850?
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California
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Reconstruction
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period of time in which the South was rebuilt, re-organized, and seceded states were brought back into the Union.
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Name the 11 Confederate states
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Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
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