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Chapter 14 Study Guide
Section 1
1.
Why was the goal of the Republican Party that was formed in 1854?
2.
Tariff:
3. The 2 Democratic Candidates for President in 1860 were
a.
b.
4.
The Republican Candidate for President was:
5. What did the Southern states threaten to do if the Republican candidate won?
6. Who won the election of 1860?
7. Why was Lincoln’s name not on the ballots in the south?
8. What was the first state to secede from the Union?
9. What new country did the 11 states that seceded from the Union form?
10. Ordinance:
11. Texas became the _____ state to secede from the Union on _______________
12. Why did Sam Houston refuse to take the oath of office to the Confederacy?
13. Why did Sam Houston refuse to use the troops President Lincoln offered?
14. Who was the first Ad Interim governor of Confederate Texas?
15. Who was the first elected governor of Confederate Texas?
Section 2
16. Where did the Civil officially begin?
17. What date did the Civil War begin?
18. Name 3 groups of men from Texas who fought in the Civil War
a.
b.
c.
19. Draft:
20. Why was Texas called the “Storehouse of the Confederacy”?
21. Blockade:
22. Cottonclad:
23. Name 4 battles that were fought in Texas during the Civil War
a.
b.
c.
d.
24. What is significant about the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
25. Who was president of the Confederacy?
26. Who was president of the Union?
27. Who was the Confederate general?
28. Who was the Union general?
Section 3
29. Why was Texas lucky that no major battles were fought in Texas?
30. Why was life back in Texas hard during the Civil War years?
31. Texans who opposed the Confederacy formed a secret society called the
32. What happened to the members of this secret society?
33. Vigilante:
34. What was the Union Loyal League?
35. What happened to the members of the Union Loyal League?
36. Why did the Civil War hurt the economy of Texas?
37. Why did women have to take over men’s jobs during the Civil War?
38. What happened on April 9, 1865?
39. Who signed the official surrender that ended the Civil War in Texas?
40. Why had the old southern way of life changed after the Civil War?