History Notes

What were southerners mad at

• Slaves

• Tariffs

• Government

• Plantation Owners

Very few people owned

• Farms

• Houses

• Slaves

• Land

People who dint own slaves still supported it because

• They thought it was necessary for the country’s economy

• They liked slavery

• They wanted money for cotton

The north had more _____ than the south

Abolitionists set fires in

• Houston

• Austin

• San Antonio

• Dallas

The south liked low _____ because it lowered the cost of exporting cotton

Texas joined the war Because

• They wanted to keep slaves

• They wanted States rights

• They wanted less Tariffs

• They wanted the union to win

Texas joined the war because they didn’t want the government to

Texas did not fear the U.S. government would take there

• Slaves

• Military Outposts

• Money

• Land

Because of the compromise of 1850 Texas gave up its claim on

• Tennessee, and Nebraska

• New Jersey, and Mississippi

• New Mexico, and all teritory above the Missouri compromise

• Texas, and Louisiana