Transcript TX and US Annotated Maps

TX and US Annotated Maps
Draw an outline of Texas
• Label the capital and explain why Houston
resigned as the governor of Texas.
Label, mark, and give a brief description:
• Gainesville (notes)
• Union Blockade pages 414-415
• Battle of Galveston pages 415-416
• Battle of Sabine Pass page 416-417
• Battle of Brownsville page 417
• Battle of Palmito Ranch page 424
Austin – Houston resigned
as Governor of Texas
because he believed that
states did not have the
power to secede from the
Union. He would not swear
an oath to the Confederacy.
Battle of Palmito Ranch
– It was the last battle of
the Civil War and it was
a Confederate victory.
Battle of Brownsville –
Texas and Union forces
fought over trade routes
between Mexico and TX.
The Union Blockade – the
Union blocked ports to
stop trade and supplies
from the Confederacy.
Gainesville – The Confederates
hung 40 abolitionists because
they were afraid of attacks
from the North.
Battle of Galveston –
John McGruder and the
Confederates retook an
important port which
helped increase trade.
Battle of Sabine Pass – the
Union tried to cut Texas
off from the Confederacy,
but Texas won.
EXIT TICKET
• In what ways did Texas help the Confederacy?
• Do you think that Texas helped the Confederacy in a significant way?
Draw an outline of the US
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Label, mark, and write a brief description for the
following:
Union and Confederate capital
Anaconda Plan and the blockade
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of Gettysburg
Shade where the majority of fighting occurred
during the Civil War
The majority of the
fighting occurred in
Southern states like
Virginia.
The Anaconda Plan –
Created by Winfield Scott,
it was designed to cut the
Confederacy in half, and
stop trade.
The Battle of Vicksburg –
The Union victory, lead by
Ulysses Grant, gave the
Union control of the
Mississippi River and cut
the Confederacy in half.
The Union Blockade –
The blockade made
exporting cotton and
importing guns,
medicine, and food
difficult for the
The Battle of Antietam – the single
bloodiest day in American history.
Lincoln announced the
Emancipation Proclamation after
the battle.
The Battle of Gettysburg –
The Union stopped the
Confederate invasion
north. Lincoln gave the
Gettysburg Address.
Washington D.C. – It was
the capital of the Union.
The two capitals were
only 100 miles apart.
Richmond – The
capital of the
Confederacy was
located in Virginia.
Fort Sumter – An armed
group of South Carolinians
attacked the fort in
defiance of the Union,
declaring themselves an
independent nation.