Causes of the Civil War-Texas

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Texan governor who opposed secession.

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Sam Houston

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President of the Confederacy

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Jefferson Davis

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Texan who served as postmaster general of the Confederacy

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John Reagan

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Confederate who became governor in 1861

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Edward Clark

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Who called for volunteers to defend the Union after Confederate attacked Fort Sumter?

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Abraham Lincoln

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In the 1850s, the new Republican Party was opposed to which issue?

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the spread of slavery into new territories

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Why did many people in the Southern states oppose high tariffs?

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High tariffs meant that it would cost more to purchase imported products.

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How did the Ordinance of Secession justify Texas’s break from the U.S.?

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It claimed that the government was trying to interfere with Texas interests.

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What was the result when Texans voted on secession in 1861?

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A majority supported it.

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Why did Sam Houston refuse allegiance to the Confederate States of America?

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He felt this oath violated a previous one to uphold the U.S. Constitution.