Texas in the Civil War (Vocabulary Terms)

What did the southern states call themselves?

• The Confederacy
• The Southerners
• The Slave States

Define Reconstruction.

• the first battle
• the name of the period when the south rejoined the union
• a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945

The theory that a state could choose whether to obey or enforce federal laws is known as______.

• sectionalism
• state’s rights
• abolition
• federalism

Why did Texas and other Southern states secede from the Union?

• State’s Rights
• Slavery and Sectionalism
• High Tariffs
• all of the above

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• Tariffs
• States Rights
• Sectionalism

Many of the southern states _________ and formed the Confederate State of America. 

• seceded
• annexed
• ejected
• ran away 

1.  Texas entered the Civil War due the state’s rights argument that _________ 

• the federal government is right in imposing taxes
• the federal government does not have the power to force     states to follow certain laws
• the South is willing to pay tariffs on imports
• the North wanted to vote against tariffs and slavery

 How did slavery lead to Texas’ involvement in the Civil War? 

• Texas believed in slavery and did not want it abolished
• Texas did not believe in slave labor
• Texas was the only southern state to support the North
• Slavery did not lead to Texas’ involvement in the war

Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?

• George Washington
• George Bush
• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln

"Secede" means....

• To be successful
• To leave
• To stay