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2. 1861-1865 The Civil War or The War Between the States

3. On what issues did the Union and the Confederacy disagree? 1. Tariffs 2. State’s rights 3. Slavery Click on a word to get the definition

4. Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in 1860. Lincoln declared that the Union was PERPETUAL. The people had formed the Union, not the states. The states had no right to secede.

5. Jefferson Davis was elected the president of the Confederacy 1860. The Southerners felt that the states had SOVEREIGN power and could leave the Union voluntarily.

6. Uncle Tom’s Cabin or A Life Among the Lowly By : Harriett Beecher Stowe Southerners felt Lincoln would ABOLISH slavery so they decided to SECEDE from the union.

7. Sam Houston, the governor of Texas, was against secession. He felt Texas would be better protect by remaining part of the USA. He refused to call a special session of the legislature to vote on secession.

8. Without Houston’s approval, several Texans called a convention. These Texans favored secession and felt citizens in Texas should decide about secession for themselves. These secessionists urged citizens to elect delegates to the convention.

9. The Texas Secession Convention met in Austin and adopted the Ordinance of Secession. Texans approved secession from the Union by a vote of about 46,000 to 15,000. Texas was the 7th state to withdraw from the Union.

10. The new Confederate States of America was formed. A constitution was created with a few major differences. The states were given more power and the federal government had less. Slavery was protected.

11. The Texas Secession Convention ordered all state officials to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. Houston refused and the convention members ordered him to leave his position as governor. Sam Houston died before the end of the war.

12. The war began in April 1861, when the Union forces at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina refused to leave . This was said to be the “end of American innocence.” The first battle in Texas occured at Sabine Pass, one year after the war began. (1862)

13. Two New Nations

14. Don’t fall asleep and NOT know these important words! SECEDE To withdraw from an organization. The southern states wanted to secede from the Union.

15. SOVEREIGN Having supreme power. The Confederacy was a group of equal and SOVEREIGN states which had the right to leave the Union voluntarily.

16. PERPETUAL Continuing forever The Union leaders felt the Union was perpetual and would continue forever. Therefore, no state had the right to secede.

17. Your assignment is to: 1. Recreate the map on p. 370 2. Make sure you identify the Union territories. 3. Create a way to identify the BORDER STATES.

18. Your assignment con’t. 4. Include a NEW TITLE, A NEW KEY and A COMPASS ROSE. 5. Answer the questions on p. 371 in complete sentences.

20. Abolish - do away with • Tariffs - taxes on imported goods • States rights – the belief that state government held more power than the national government • Secede – to withdraw from an organization Click on the same word to go back

21. Sovereign – having supreme power • Perpetual – continuing on forever Click on the same word to go back