HCMS Kee Chapter 14 test
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cillianmurphys on February 8, 2011
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Teacher: Kee.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 draft | The enlisting of people for required service in the armed forces. |
| blockade | Action to stop transportation of goods or people into or out of an area. |
| Francis Lubbock | First Texas governor in the Confederacy. |
| John Magruder | General who commanded Texas troops in the Civil War. |
| Richard Dowling | Led confederate troops in the Battle at Sabine Pass. |
| Battle at Palmito Ranch | Last land battle of the Civil War (fought near Brownsville). |
| Battle at Sabine Pass | Confederate naval victory near Louisiana border. |
| Hood's Texas Brigade | Texas volunteers sent to Virginia to fight. |
| Fort Sumter | Site of the first battle of the Civil War (South Carolina). |
| Sam Houston | Decided to resign rather than serve as a governor in the Confederacy. |
| Democratic Party | Split when delegates couldn't agree to support slavery or not. |
| 1861 | Texas approved the order of secession (what year?) |
| Abraham Lincoln | President for the Republican Party in 1860. |
| Edward Clark | Lieutenant Governor who became the ad interim governor of Texas when the office was vacant. |
| Republican Party | Supported economic changes to benefit American industry by raising prices on competing exports. |
| Peace Party | Group of people in North Texas who were secret Union supporters. |
| vigilantes | Broke the law by punishing criminals without having authority. |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate General who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. |
| Edmund K. Smith | Signed the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi area. |
| tariff | Tax placed on imported or exported goods. |
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