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Spring Semester 7th
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sam Houston | Appointed Commander of the Texas Army – Led the Texas Army in the Battle of San Jacinto. The defeat of Santa Anna and the Mexican army led to Texas Independence |
| Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | President and General of the Mexican Army. Won the Battle of the Alamo, and lost at the Battle of San Jacinto and was captured soon after. |
| James Fannin | Col. of the Texas Army stationed at Goliad. |
| William B. Travis | Colonel of the Texas Army, stationed at the Alamo. Wrote the Commandancy of the Alamo (Travis’ letter) asking for reinforcements. |
| The Alamo | Siege began February 24, 1836, Travis, Bowie and Crocket chose to defend the this despite Houston’s order to abandon and destroy it. They were surrounded by Santa Anna. |
| Criminal law | Laws dealing with criminal acts and their punishments |
| Appoint | assign a job or role to someone. |
| Dispute | disagreement or argument |
| Disband | break up or stop |
| Cash Crop | crop raised to sell and not eat. |
| Famine | a severe food shortage |
| Abolitionist | someone who wanted to abolish (do away with) slavery. |
| Emancipation | to free someone from someone else’s control or power. |
| Ordinance | a law or regulation |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th president of the U.S. who was assassinated 5 days after the civil war ended. |
| Fort Sumter | where the first shots of the civil war were fired. (South Carolina) |
| Uncle Tom’s Cabin | a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that depected the evils of slavery. |
| Confederacy | Southern States that seceded from the Union. |
| Union | Northern States |
| American Civil War | fought from 1861-1865 between the northern non-slave states (Union) and the southern pro-slave states (Confederacy). |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. |
| Battle of Bull Run | the first major land battle of the Civil War fought near Manassas, Virginia which ended in a Confederate victory. |
| John Wilkes Booth | assassinated President Lincoln shortly after Civil War. |
| Freedman (freeman) | freed slaves. |
| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery. |
| 15th Amendment | guarantees the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race. |
| Compulsory | required. |
| Juneteenth (June 19) | a celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. |
| Impeach | bring charges against to remove a president from office. |
| Scalawag | white Southerner who supported Reconstruction after the Civil War. |
Created by:
darrin.jones
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