TX25 - Civil War Begins

In the years leading up to the Civil War, ​ (a)   divided the areas of the North and the South in the U.S. The ​ (b)   states believed that states should follow the laws and decisions made by the federal government. The ​ (c)   states believed that states' rights allowed them to make decisions without federal interference AND that they could nullify any federal law their state didn' t approve.

• sectionalism
• Northern
• Southern
• Western

​ (a)   - a series of agreements between Northern and Southern states regarding the spread of ​ (b)   . It was agreed that citizens of each territory would vote on it - leaving it up to the political power known as ​ (c)   to decide the issue.

• Compromise of 1850
• slavery
• popular sovereignty
• communication
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• individual rights

SLAVERY - the big issue that was tearing the country apart and leading it toward a Civil War

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• There are three people in the image - each one representing a different part of the U.S. population in the 1850s. Which of these is NOT one of the people in the image?

• a slave

• a southern farmer

• a northern businessman

• a western gold miner

This law stated that escaped slaves would be recaptured and returned to their owners in the south, even if they were found hiding in "free" states.

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Fugitive Slave Law

Southern Recapture Law

Runaway Worker Law

Lost and Found Law

Which TWO [2] of these choices were the main political parties in the U.S. when the Civil War began?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO [2] CORRECT ANSWERS

• DEMOCRATIC PARTY

  mostly in the south, wanted slavery to continue

• WHIG PARTY

  mostly in the west, wanted slaves to be returned to their country of origin

• REPUBLICAN PARTY

  mostly in the north, wanted to abolish slavery

• KNOW-NOTHING PARTY

  mostly on islands off the coast, wanted to teach slaves how to fish and hunt

Put these events from Sam Houston's life in the correct CHRONOLOGICAL order:

• he retires to his home in Huntsville where he spends the rest of his days

• as Governor of Texas, he refuses to join the Confederacy and is removed

• as a U.S. Senator from Texas, he helpes make laws for our country

• as President of Texas, he makes treaties with Native Americans

• as a Texan General, he leads his men to victory over Santa Anna

This is a bar graph showing some of the resources used during the Civil War.

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• According to this graph, which resource shows the BIGGEST difference between the Union and the Confederacy?

Match the following BATTLES of the Civil War to the correct descriptions

• BATTLE of GALVESTON

• fought over control of an important port city on the coast of Texas

• BATTLE of SABINE PASS

• a Confederate victory here ended Union plans to invade Texas

• BATTLE of FORT SUMTER

• first battle of the Civil War, fought on the coast of South Carolina in 1861

​ (a)   - Republican leader, President of the U.S. during the war

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• ​ (b)   - Democratic leader, President of the Confederacy during the war

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• ​ (c)   - Governor of Texas who was removed when he refused to join the Confederacy

• ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• JEFFERSON DAVIS
• SAM HOUSTON
• ULYSSES S. GRANT
• ROBERT E. LEE

Put each item under the correct GOVERNMENT BRANCH

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• WHEN COMPLETED, THERE SHOULD BE TWO [2] ITEMS IN EACH CATEGORY

Groups:

(a) LEGISLATIVE

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(b) EXECUTIVE

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(c) JUDICIAL

• interprets laws

• President and their advisors

• Supreme Court

• enforces laws

• makes laws

• Congress