Texas & the Civil War

2. rights guaranteed or belonging to a person
3. rule by the people
6. a military draft
7. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
8. northern whites who moved to the south and served as republican leaders during reconstruction
11. June 19, 1865; the date slaves were declared free in Texas
12. people who take the law into their own hands
14. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
15. a person who supported the Union during the Civil War period
18. The name given to the part of war that was not actively involved in the fighting but which was vital to it.
20. Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
21. a form of government in which power is divided between the federal and state governments

1. the government can't do whatever it wants, it has limits and must follow the constitution
4. person who rents a plot of land from another person and farms it in exchange for a share of the crop
5. a temporary government
6. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
9. a written plan of government
10. the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people
13. a local law
16. southern whites who supported Reconstruction
17. to cancel
19. former slaves