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Chapter 15 txhistory
Chapter 15 Texas History Notes :)
Question | Answer |
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Blockade | to isolate a particular enemy area (as a harbor) by a warring nation using troops or warships to prevent the passage of supplies and people |
conscription | the forced enrollment of people into military service |
homespun | a coarse, loosely woven, homemade fabric |
ordinance | a local law |
perpetual | continuing forever |
preventive strike | an action taken to prevent a possible future attack |
quinine | a drug used for fighting malaria and other fevers |
secede | withdraw |
sovereignty | the state of being free from outside control; self-governing |
states' rights | the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states’ exercise of their constitutional powers |
Unionists | a person who supported the Union cause during the Civil War era |
vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to punish criminals |
What were the 4 issues they disagreed on? | tariffs states' rights slavery distribution of public lands |
where did slavery used to exist? | Northern states |
What did the northerners want to impose? | high tariff, a homestead act, and internal improvements |
More than how many Texans joined the Confederacy? | 60,000 |