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Issues that caused the Civil War
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States' rights, slavery, and use of public land
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Chief product produced with slave labor
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Cotton
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Texas governor lost his position when he opposed secession
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Governor Houston
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Important port in the Civil War
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Galveston
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Cause of shortages in Texas during the Civil War
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Blockage by the Union navy
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Freedmen's Bureau
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Helped African Americans find jobs
provided African Americans with health care set up schools for African American kids |
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Made slavery possible in certain states
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Blockade Runners
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Carried suppllies into and out of Texas
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Why did Texas industry grow during the Civil War?
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Supplies were not coming in, so Texans made things for themselves.
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Cause of the "Great Hanging"
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Unionists refused to join the Confederate Army
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Abolitionist
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Person that wants to end slvery
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Amendment
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A formal change to an official document like a constitution
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Arsenal
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Place where weapons are stored
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Secede
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To withdraw
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Sharecropper
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A farm worker who gives part of the crops to the land owner
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