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1
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Time period of civil war?

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1861-1865

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Who was in the civil war? (sides)

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Union vs Confederacy

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Why did the Civil War take place

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-slavery
- states’ rights
-sectionalism
-tariffs

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4
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what was sectionalism?

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focus on the interests on one’s region

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Why did slavery divided the nation in the 1860s

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  • economy of the south depended on it, the north did not
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Why did states’ rights divided the nation in the 1860s

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belief that states should have more power to make laws than federal gov’t

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Why did tariffs divided the nation in the 1860s

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hurt south because they had to pay high prices on imported goods; helped north make more money

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Why did sectionalism divided the nation in the 1860s

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when a person is loyal to their region or section of the country first

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What party was created in the 1860s?

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Republican Party

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What was the Republican’s Parties view on slavery

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The Republican Party opposed slavery in new U.S. territories, but were ok with it remaining in the south.

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What caused the South to secede from the Union

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The election of Abraham Lincoln caused the south to secede from the Union.

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12
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. What was Sam Houston’s position on secession?

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Sam Houston was opposed to secession.

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Why did Sam Houston didn’t want secession?

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He thought the south couldn’t win the war.

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14
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How did Texans vote on the secession issue?

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The majority of Texans voted to secede from the Union

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What was Texas’ justification for secession?

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hey believed that the north had abused its power.

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16
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President for Union during Civil War

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Abraham Lincoln

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17
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President for Confederacy during Civil War

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Jefferson Davis

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18
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Commanding General for Union during the Civil War

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Commanding General for Confederacy during the Civil War

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Robert E. Lee

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20
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What were the Union’s advantages during the Civil war

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They had more men and supplies

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What were the Confederacies advantages during the Civil war

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they had better generals and knowledge of the land

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22
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Union’s strategy for Civil War

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Offensive War
-blockade ports
-cut Confederacy in half

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23
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What was the Union’s strategy called in the Civil War?

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Anaconda Plan

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24
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Confederacies strategy for Civil War

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Defensive War
-wear down the North until they give up
-defend the South

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25
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What battle started the Civil War?

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Fort Sumter

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26
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who attacked first in the first battle of the war

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Sumter
-Confederates attacked first

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27
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who won Fort Sumter

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Confederates

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28
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How did the south address the need for more men to join the Confederate Army?

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they passed Conscription Act

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Contents of Conscription Act

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required ALL men 18-35 to serve in the army.

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30
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What are Unionists?

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Unionists were southerners who supported the north.

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31
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What happened to Unionists

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They were often
-arrested,
-forced to join the army,
-killed.

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32
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two provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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a. declared all slaves in the Confederacy were free
b. allowed African Americans to join the Union army

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33
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What are some of the various roles women played in the Civil War?

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Women served as
-nurses
-sewed clothing
-gathered supplies for soldiers.

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34
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What was the leading cause of death during the Civil War?

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disease and infection

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35
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4 Battles in Texas of Civil War

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  • Battle of Galveston
  • Battle of Sabine Pass
    -Battle of Brownsville
    -Battle of Palmito Ranch
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36
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Description of Battle of Galveston

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-Confederates won
-disrupted Union blockade
-allowed South to get supplies

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37
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Description of Battle of Sabine Pass

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-Confederates defended Texas
-300 Union soldiers captured
- Prevented north from attacking interior of Texas

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Description of Palmito Ranch

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-fought a month after the war ended
-confederate reinforcements arrive and forced the union to retreat

38
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Description of Battle of Brownsville

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-Union troops attempt to cut of confederate supply line
-Initially won by Union, but confederacy eventually took control

39
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How did the Civil war end?

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Union captured Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia

Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse

40
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What problems did the south have at the end of the Civil War? (3)

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a. land was left in ruins
b. south can no longer rely on slave labor
c. freed slaves had no food, shelter, or jobs

41
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What is Reconstruction?

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Reconstruction was the program put in place by the federal government to repair damage to the South and restore the southern states to the Union.

42
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What is Juneteenth

A

celebration of the end of slavery in Texas.

43
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When is Juneteenth?

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June 19, 1865

44
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How long after the Emancipation Proclamation did Texas slaves have to wait for freedom?

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Two and a half years

45
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What was the Freedmen’s Bureau created to do? (3)

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a. help former slaves find jobs
b. set up schools for former slaves
c. provide food and clothing for former slaves

46
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Did the Texans like the Freedmen Bureau?

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NOOOOO

Most Texans hated the Freedmen’s Bureau and opposed their efforts to help freed people.

47
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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? What was he trying to do?

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John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln hoping to reignite the war and restore the Confederacy.

48
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what did southern states have to do to rejoin the Union? (3)

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a. Each state had to nullify its act of secession
b. They had to acknowledge that the U.S. would not pay its debt from the Civil War
c. They had to abolish slavery

49
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When ex-Confederates regained control of southern state legislatures, what was their goal?

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Their goal was to restrict the rights of African Americans.

50
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What are Black Codes?

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Black Codes were laws passed by the southern state government to limit rights of African Americans

51
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give one example of Black codes

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these laws
- restricted the right to vote
- said they could only work in farming
-forced them to work on plantations if they were unemployed.

52
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What was the Ku Klux Klan created to do?

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The KKK was created to prevent freedmen from exercising their freedoms.

53
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Who did the KKK target

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-African Americans
-Freedmen’s Bureau workers
-carpetbaggers
-scalawags

54
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Why did Radical Republicans take control of Reconstruction?

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Radical Republicans took control of Reconstruction to punish the south for the war and for passing the Black Codes.

55
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Two goals of reconstruction

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a. Have tougher requirements for southern states to rejoin
b. Protect the rights of African Americans

56
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. Why was the south divided into military districts?

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Southern states would be controlled by military governors until the states met the requirements set by Congress.

57
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13th amendment

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abolished slavery

58
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14 amendment

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provided citizenship and equal protection to African Americans

59
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15 amendment

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  • provided the right to vote for African American men
60
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. After Democrats regained control of the Texas government, how long did they remain in power?

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105 years

61
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What was the primary goal of the Constitution of 1876?

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The primary goal was to limit the power of the governor.

62
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How many times has the Constitution of 1876 been amended

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498 times

63
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ordinance

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a local law or piece of legislation

64
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free from outside control; self-governing

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sovereign

65
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conscription

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the forced enrollment of people into military service

66
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using naval vessels to prevent shipment of food and supplies into or out of ports

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blockade

67
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secede

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to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to

68
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the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitutional powers

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state’s rights

69
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an official release from punishment for a crime

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pardon

70
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freedmen

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a formerly enslaved person

71
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carpetbagger

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a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government

72
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scalawag

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a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction

73
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nullify

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to cancel

74
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What action did the Confederacy take to meet the ongoing needs for soldiers?

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It required all men from 18 to 35 to serve for the Confederacy.

75
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What did the Emancipation proclamation declare?

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All enslaved people in the Confederacy were now free.

76
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How did the Ordinance of Secession justify Texas’s break from the U.S.

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It claimed that the government was abusing its power.

77
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Why did many people in the southern states oppose high tariffs?

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High tariffs meant that it would cost more to purchase imported goods.

78
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Abraham Lincoln
(3)

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-president of the U.S. during the Civil war
-issued the Emancipation Proclamation
-Assassinated at the end of the war

79
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Jefferson Davis

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-president of the Confederacy during the Civil War

80
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Ulysses S. Grant

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-Union general during the Civil War

-Ended reconstruction in Texas

81
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Robert E. Lee

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-Confederate general who surrendered at the end of the war

82
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Sam Houston(2)

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-Texan that opposed secession
-Texas governor that was removed from office

83
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What year did TX secede

A

1861

84
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Andrew Johnson

A

-impeached
-started reconstruction

85
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North’s side on slavery

A

opposed

86
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South’s side on slavery

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supported

87
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South’s side on states rights

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supported

88
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North’s side on states rights

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Opposed

89
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South’s side on tariffs

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Opposed

90
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North’s side on tariffs

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supported

91
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South’s side on sectionalism

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supported

92
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North’s side on sectionalism

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supported

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