Texas in the Civil War

Why did Sam Houston refuse allegiance to the Confederate States of America? 

The Compromise of 1850 settled the issue of ___________ .

The Confederate who became governor in 1861 was ____________.

The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 caused several Southern states to ________ the Union.

Since Texas lifestyle was based on ranching & horse riding, about two-thirds of the first Texan soldiers were in _____.

______________ is loyalty to a part of the nation, but not the nation as a whole.

___________________ was the president of the Union.

_________________ commanded Texas infantry in major battles

Part of the Union's strategy for defeating the Confederacy was to form a _____

Why did African Americans in Texas support the Union cause?

____________was a commander of a Texas cavalry force.

What was the most common cause of death for soldiers in the Civil War?

Southern leaders believed they had voluntarily entered the Union as _____ states & had the right to leave the Union.

The Union blockade is known as the _______.

Although the majority of Texans supported the __________, more than 2,000 Texans _____.

Which of the following people would be considered an abolitionist?

_____________________ was the president of the Confederacy.

Governor Sam Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the _____ and was removed from office.

_____________ was an African American awarded the Medal of Honor.

The Civil War began when Confederate forces opened fire on _____.

Texans opposed high ____. fearing that this would hurt them economically because they imported many goods they purchased

The _______ of the South was based on plantation agriculture, which relied on slavery.

In the 1850s a new political party, the _____ Party, opposed the spread of slavery to new territories.