1. TEXAS IN THE CIVIL WAR

2. Texas in the Civil War THE ERA OF TEXAS DURING THE CIVIL WAR WAS THE CITIZENS WERE DIVIDED ON THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY.

3. Texas in the Civil War CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF EVENTS IN THE TEXAS CIVIL WAR: SAM HOUSTON BEING REMOVED AS GOVERNOR, CIVIL WAR FOUGHT, TEXAS READMITTED TO THE UNION AND NEW TEXAS CONSTITUTION ADOPTED.

4. Texas in the Civil War THE YEAR THAT TEXAS ENTERED THE CIVIL WAR WAS 1861.

5. Texas in the Civil War THE BIGGEST REASON WHY THE DELEGATES AT THE SECCESSION CONVENTION WAS IN FAVOR OF TEXAS LEAVING THE UNION WAS THAT THEY CONSIDERED SLAVERY VITAL TO THE ECONOMY.

6. Texas in the Civil War THE ISSUE OF STATES’ RIGHTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR; THERFORE, SECEDING STATES BELIEVED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT INTERVENE IN STATE DECISIONS.

7. Texas in the Civil War THE ONLY BATTLE FOUGHT IN TEXAS WAS AT PALMITO RANCH. THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER, IT WAS FOUGHT AFTER THE SURRENDER OF THE CONFEDERENCY AND THERE WAS NO MILITARY CONFLICTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIVIL WAR AFTER THIS BATTLE.

8. Texas in the Civil War THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION REFLECTS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE WAS POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY.

9. Texas in the Civil War WHEN SAM HOUSTON REFUSED THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF 1861, HE WAS REMOVED AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS.

10. Texas in the Civil War THE CONFEDERATE GENERAL WHO CAPTURED THE UNION GARRISON AND THE STEAMER HARRIET LANE IN THE RETAKING OF GALVESTION WAS JOHN B. MAGRUDER.

11. Texas in the Civil War THE COTTON PRODUCTION IN TEXAS DECLINED DURING THE WAR, BUT INCREASED SHARPLY IN THE DECADES THAT FOLLOWED THE WAR.

12. Texas in the Civil War SEPARATION OF POWERS WAS A PRINCIPLE USED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF 1876; WHICH STATED THE POWERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TEXAS SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE DISTINCT DEPARTMENTS.

13. Texas in the Civil War THE TEXAS HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATES THE FREEDOM OF SLAVES IS CALLED JUNETEENTH. THIS TOOK PLACE IN GALVESTON ON JUNETEETH 19, 1865.

14. Texas in the Civil War TEXAS WAS AFFECTED BY COMMUNICATION ISSUES DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THE SLOW COMMUNICATIONS ALLOWED FOR CONTINUED FIGHTING AND DELAYED THE EMANCIPATION OF ENSLVED PEOPLE FOR WEEKS AFTER THE WAR.

15. Texas in the Civil War THE CIVIL WAR SLOWED THE POPULATION GROWTH IN TEXAS, BUT IT INCREASED RAPIDLY IN THE DECADES AFTER THE WAR.

16. Texas in the Civil War LAWRENCE SULLIVAN “SUL” ROSS WAS A GENERAL IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, 19 TH GOVERNOR OF TEXAS AND THE PRESIDENT OF TEXAS A&M.