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Ch. 15

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As a result of the South's surrender, the Texas state government   Collapsed  
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Unionists who did not join the army   Were arrested, were forced into the army, and were killed while attempting to flee to Mexico  
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Sam Houston refused   To take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy  
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Most Southerners 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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Sacrifices made by Texans included   coffee substitutes, no newspapers, homespun clothing  
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Members of the 1861 convention in Montgomery, Alabama, formed the   Confederate States of America  
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Texas volunteers served in   the army of other states  
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Most delegates to the Texas convention after the 1860 election   favored secession  
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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 United States except   states were given more power  
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The Battle of the Sabine Pass was an important victory for the   Confederacy  
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Union leaders wanted to gain control of Galveston because it   had a busy seaport  
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The Act of Conscription allowed for the hiring of substitutes for   military service  
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The North's victory in the Civil War meant   the Union was preserved  
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Economic changes in Texas during the Civil War included   farmers planted more corn and wheat, cotton production declined, Texas opened factories to manufacture weapons  
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Most Southern states supported states' rights because   they felt they should make their own decisions about tariffs, distributions of public lands, and slavery  
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Immediately following the surrender of the Confederacy in Texas   the state government of Texas collapsed, officials fled to Mexico to escape Union troops, lawless bands roamed the countryside  
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The 8th Texas Calvary Regiment, which fought in more battles than did any other calvary regiment in the Civil War, was also known as   Terry's Texas Rangers  
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The U.S. president who appointed a provisional governor for Texas was   Andrew Johnson  
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Nearly 30% of all Texans were against secession, but most   supported the Confederacy  
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Civil War battle sites in Texas   Sabine pass, Galveston, Brownsville, Palmito Ranch  
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Prisoner of war camps in Texas   Tyler, Rusk, Hempstead  
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When Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, he was removed from office. ? , who had taken the oath, became governor   Edward Clark  
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Advantages of the North during the Civil War   more money, more soldiers, factories to make war materials  
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During the Civil War these products were scarce   paper, salt, white flour  
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president of the Confederacy   Jefferson Davis  
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governor who wore a homespun suit to his inauguration   Francis Lubbock  
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forced enrollment into military service   conscription  
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Because of the Civil War   slavery ended, the Confederacy was defeated, more than 600,000 people died  
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Texas who was postmaster general of the Confederacy   John H. Reagan  
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these battles occurred along the Gulf Coast   Galveston, Palmito Ranch  
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prisoner of war camps were located in the interior of the state to   keep the prisoners away from battle sites and impeded attempts at escape or rescue  
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site of the LAST Civil War battle   Palmito Ranch  
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site of the FIRST Civil War battle   Fort Sumter  
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Most of the battle sites in Texas occured along the Gulf Coast because   trade from Texas ports was important to the South's war efforts and the region was the most easily accessible to Northern troops  
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Which city -Austin, San Antonio, or Galveston- was the site of a Civil War battle?   Galveston  
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city where vigilantes hanged suspected Unionists   Gainesville  
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the woman who turned her luxurious Galveston home into a hospital   Rosanna Osterman  
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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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president of the United States, elected 1860   Abraham Lincoln  
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Describes the Red River Campaign   Richard Taylor commanded the Confederate troops, the Confederated were outnumbered, the fighting was in Louisiana near the TX border  
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African American Texan who won the Congressional Medal of Honor   Milton Holland  
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Texans learned that General Lee had surrendered a month before the battle at Palmito Ranch from   captured prisoners  
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this many Texans served in the Confederate Army   60,000  
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battle that dashed Union plans to launch a major campaign against Texas   Sabine Pass  
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If the Republicans won the 1860 election, Southern leaders threatened to   secede from the Union  
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Texas governors Lubbock and Murrah spent much of their time in office working for the   Confederate war effort  
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This state did NOT secede from the Union   Kentucky  
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During the Civil War, women   worked on farms, served as nurses, sewed uniforms for troops  
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Despite a blockade of its ports, Texas continued to send cotton to Europe through   Mexico  
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governor of Texas who opposed secession   Sam Houston  
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city where Union forces launched an invasion of Texas in 1864   New Orleans  
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