Chapter 7, lesson 1

Ch 7, Lesson 1, Texas and the Civil War Match the answer to the question. : )Remember, you can use your book if you need help. What is a plantation? A large farm that produces crops to sell. Why did planters from the South bring enslaved Africans to Texas? To have workers for plantations. What did many white Texans believe about slavery? It is important to the economy. What was life like for enslaved Africans working on Texas plantations? Long hours working in the fields or learning a trade without pay and without any say in their own lives. In 1850, what percentage of Texans were free? and what percentage were enslaved? Free population 73% and Enslaved population 27% What is a tariff? A tax paid on good that come from another country. What did abolitionists believe? They believed all people should be free. What does nullify mean? To cancel Why did the North and South disagree about tariffs? Tariffs helped the northern factories sell goods but caused Southerners to pay higher prices on the goods they bought since there were few factories in the South. What did Abraham Lincoln believe? Did he agree with abolitionists? He was against the spread of slavery. What does it mean that South Carolin seceded from the United States? South Carolina officially left or separated from the United States. What caused the majority of Texas delegates at the state convention to call for secession? The majority were slave owners who protested "the insults, threats, and aggressions" of the North. Did all Texans want to secede? When did Texas secede? No, about one fourth of Texans voted against secession on March 5, 1861. How many southern states seceded? 11 states, including Texas What did the states do after secession? They formed a new government called The Confederate State of America. Why did the Union and Confederacy fight? The Confederacy wanted to leave the Union, and the Union did not accept that it could. What is a civil war? A war between state or people in the same country. What is a cavalry? A group of soldiers who fight battles on horseback. Where did most of the fighting take place? East of the Mississippi River. What happened before Texas cotton growers began shipping cotton through Mexico? The Union blockaded southern coasts including Texas ports. Who was Colonel Santos? He led the Confederate forces at Laredo and was the highest ranking Mexican American to serve the Confederacy. What did President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declare? People held as slaves in the Confederacy were free. Do you think the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in 1863? Not right away. The proclamation could not be enforced right away. Plus the Confederacy could ignore the proclamation because it did not consider itself to be part of the Union. What was happening "at home" during the war? Free women were left to run farms, ranches, and businesses. They sewed uniforms and cared for the wounded. What shortages did people face and how did they deal those shortages? People did not have enough food, clothing, or medicine. People spun their own fabric and made their own clothes. They used wallpaper if they ran out of paper to write on. What was one of the greatest hardships faced by people on the home front during the war? Fear that a family member, serving as a soldier, would be killed. What was the condition fo the Confederacy by 1865? The army was worn out, the economy was broken, and nearly half a million soldiers were dead or wounded. Why would forces in Texas continue to fight, even after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered? Texas is so far from Virginia that news fo the surrender hadn't reached them yet. Why didn't it matter that Texas troops defeated Union soldiers in the last battle of the Civil War? It was a small battle, and the war was already over. What reasons did the North have to keep fighting the Civil War until they won? The northern states wanted to keep the United States together and end slavery.