Texas in Civil War

What is a plantation?

• A large piece of land where cash crops are grown.

• A small piece of land where slaves lived.

• A large piece of land where slave auctions were held.

What does an abolitionist do?

• They fight to end slavery

• They fight to end trade

• They fight to end a war

What was the name of the states that seceded from the Union?

• Southern smokes

• No caps all caps

• Union

• The Confederacy

How many states seceded from the Union?

• 10

• 11

• 12

• 24

What was the year of the presidential election that sparked the civil war?

• 1865

• 1680

• 1861

• 1860

Before the Civil War, what kind of work did most of the northerners and the southerners do? 

• Northerners worked in factories, banks, or fianance .
  The Southerners worked on farms or were plantation owners 
• The Northerners were artisans and explorers.
  The southerners were lumberjacks and fishermen.
• The northerners worked on farms or were plantation owners. 
  The Southerners worked in factories, banks, or fiance. 
• The Northerners worked in oil fields and newspapers.
  The Southerners worked in fields and growing cotton. 

Why were the Southerners afraid of Abraham Lincoln becoming president?

• The Southerners believed that Lincoln would give the states more rights 
• The Southerners believed that Lincoln would make the North Secede from the South 
• The Southerners believed that Lincoln would want to keep slavery in the US
• The Southerners believed that the US government would abolish slavery 

What does secede mean?

• to officially leave or separate from a group

• a tax paid on goods

• a group of soldiers

• a large farm

What does a blockade do?

• an effort to stop ships from going in or out of the port

• Prevents people from voting.

• Prevents goods from expiring.

Texas was a part of the... 

• Pacific North West
• Union
• Deep South
• Confederate