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Review Guide for Chapter 15 Civil War Test – MAJOR TEST – Friday, March 27
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1. The South was called the Confederates.
2. The North was called the Union.
3. Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860. He was the very first president from the Republican Party.
His election triggered the eventual secession of 11 Southern states.
4. Sam Houston was the governor of the state of Texas when Texas voted to secede from the
United States (Union). He was basically kicked out of office because he refused to go along with
the secession of Texas.
5. Causes of the Civil War (ways in which the two sides clashed and disagreed):
- States’ Rights beliefs
- Slavery
- A different culture and lifestyle between the North and the South:
The North was more populated, had more factories, & more weapons & soldiers
The South was less populated, had more farms, & less weapons/supplies & soldiers
6. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the U.S.
7. The first real battle of the Civil War was in April of 1861 when the Confederate forces fired upon
a U.S. fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The Confederates won.
8. About 60,000 troops from Texas fought for the South – the Confederacy.
9. Texas Rangers actually fought for the Confederacy and proved their skill and bravery. The best
known Texas Rangers group to fight in the Civil war was called “Terry’s Texas Rangers.”
10. The lead general for the South was General Robert E. Lee. Lee was from Virginia and, though he
hated the idea of war, he could not be a part of the Union/U.S. Army because it meant that he
would have to fight against his beloved state of Virginia.
11. Ulysses S. Grant ended up being the capable lead general for the Union/United States.
12. In the “New Mexico Campaign,” the South (led by Texas Confederates) attempted to take over
the “New Mexico Territory” and points further west such as the important ports on the Pacific
Ocean in California. In addition, they would be able to control the valuable gold mines in CA.
They failed in this attempt and were defeated near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
13. The Union Blockade was a Northern/Union attempt to cut off supplies and trade from Southern
port cities.
14. Cotton was the main Cash Crop grown in the South.
15. Early in the war, Union forces captured the important Texas port city of Galveston on the Texas
Coast. In January of 1863, Confederates under the leadership of General Magruder recaptured
the city for the Confederacy.
16. The South wanted to make money to supply their war effort and pay for their expenses! They
attempted to smuggle Southern cotton overland into the nation of Mexico so that they could try
to ship it to Europe to be sold.
17. Sabine Pass lies at the “mouth” of the Sabine River where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. In
1863, the Confederates protected the pass by firing upon the attacking Union Gunboats. The
leader of the Confederates was Richard Dowling and he commanded the Irish-Texan “Davis
Guards” in their attack upon the Union boats. The Union had goals of sailing up the river, making
landfall, and conquering Texas cities such as Houston.
18. Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederacy – the Confederate States of America.
19. The Battle of Gettsyburg in Pennsylvania in 1863 was a Union victory over the Confederacy and
served as a “turning point” in the war because the South did not ever recover and failed to
launch a successful attack and victory on Northern soil.
20. The years of the American Civil War were from 1861-1865.
21. Texas experienced fewer battles in the Civil War and had less physical destruction because it
was far away from the action and the Union did not invade Texas land.
22. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln about a week after the war was over in April of
1865.
23. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 in Virginia.