Civil War in Texas

Civil War & Reconstruction

Increasing National Tensions

Day 1

• The U.S. was divided politically,

economically, and socially
– South supported states’ rights, or the

belief that states should be able to make
their own political decisions, relied on
plantation agriculture, and wanted slavery
to expand

– North supported a strong central

government, relied on factories and trade,
and wanted to restrict the spread of
slavery

– West practiced popular sovereignty, relied

on mining and agriculture, and hope to
draw new settlers westward

• As a result of these regional

differences, sectionalism, or putting
the interests of a region ahead of the
interests of a nation, began to grow
and cause tension

Turn and Talk

Day 1

How did the North and South economies differ?

Open Ended

What is sectionalism?

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Slavery

Day 1

• Abolitionists in the North wanted

to put an end to slavery

• Texans, however, relied on slave

labor to harvest cotton, and most
Texans believed that the practice
was vital to the economy

• Southern states believed in states’

rights–specifically that state power
was greater than federal power,
and they worried that the federal
government would put an end to
slavery in the U.S.

Turn and Talk

Day 1

Why did Texans want to uphold (keep) the practice of slavery in the South?

Open Ended

Who do you think should have more power:
the state or federal government and why?

Political Parties

Day 2

• Republicans lived mostly in the North,

wanted to prevent slavery from
spreading, and reduce states’ rights

• Democrats lived mostly in the South,

wanted to preserve slavery, and
increase states’ rights

• Southern states threatened to

secede, or formally withdraw from
the Union, if a Republican was
elected president

• In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln

was elected president

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Reorder

Reorder the following

• President Lincoln wins election of 1860

• Texas other southern states fear Lincoln will abolish slavery in the the U.S.

• South Carolina secedes from the U.S.

• Texas secedes from the U.S.

• Texas joins the Confederate States of America.

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Open Ended

If the North had more advantages than the Confederate army lacked supplies, then why would Texas soldiers sign up to fight?

Multiple Choice

What year did the American Civil War begin?

• 1776

• 1861

• 1992

• 1607

Dropdown

The Galveston port was vital to the survival of the Confederacy because it was used to import needed supplies and export goods that would help fund the Confederacy's war efforts. The port became a target, and the Union established a ​

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and later successfully captured the Confederate port in 1862.