Texas and the Civil War

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  1. 2. Disease and ______________ was the number one cause of death during the Civil War.
  2. 4. The Civil War began on ____________ 12, 1861 and ended on ___________ 9, 1865.
  3. 5. The North's plan to defeat the Confederacy included controlling this river.
  4. 8. The North had more miles of this than the South
  5. 9. This was a coarse loose fitting fabric made by Southern women.
  6. 11. Focusing on what would benefit a region rather than the nation.
  7. 15. The capital of the Confederacy was ___________, Virginia.
  8. 16. These immigrants did not have slaves and did not support the Confederacy.
  9. 18. In the 1850s the new ____________ party spread across the North. They were opposed to slavery.
  10. 19. His surrender at Appomattox Court House ended the Civil War
  11. 22. This city’s location next to Mexico provided a way for the Confederacy to ship and receive needed goods.
  12. 24. The ______________ Act required all men 18 – 35 to serve in the Confederate Army.
  13. 27. He refused to pledge loyalty to the Confederacy and was impeached.
  14. 28. At the end of the war President Lincoln appointed Andrew Jackson ___________ as the new governor.
  15. 30. This was the major cause of the Civil War.
  16. 31. On October 4, 1862 the Union took this coastal city, but the Confederates recaptured it on January 1, 1863.
  17. 32. The North maintained a ______________ on the entire Confederate coastline
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  1. 1. He was the president of the Confederacy
  2. 3. The ______________ Proclamation stated that all slaves in the Confederate states were free.
  3. 6. Texans who did not support the Confederacy were known as this.
  4. 7. Milton M. ___________ was one of 16 African Americans to be awarded the Medal of Honor in the Civil War.
  5. 10. The Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on this fort in Charleston, South Carolina.
  6. 12. His Texas Rangers cavalry force became famous during the Civil War.
  7. 13. These people often hanged Unionists without a trial
  8. 14. He was the most successful Union General. He later became president
  9. 17. African Americans supported the __________ recognizing that a Northern victory would mean an end to slavery.
  10. 20. The South's economy was based on _____________ agriculture.
  11. 21. His election in 1860 led to the secession of South Carolina.
  12. 23. The people of Texas voted to approve ____________ by a large majority.
  13. 24. He became governor after Sam Houston was removed from the office.
  14. 25. About 2/3 of Texas soldiers were in the _______ as their Texas lifestyle prepared them well for this service.
  15. 26. More than 700,000 ___________ on both sides died in the Civil War
  16. 29. He was a governor of Texas who joined the Confederate Army after his term ended