Civil War Notes When the Civil War began

Civil War Notes

�When the Civil War began Governor Houston called a special session in hope that the secession convention would be illegal.

�At the start of the Civil War, the decision to secede was based on the votes of the convention delegates.

�Before the Civil War southern states objected to high tariffs because they would increase the price of manufactured goods.

�A geographic factor that contributed to Texas’ involvement in the Civil War was fertile soil and climate for farming.

�One way to explain why Texas joined the Confederacy was that cotton was a major cash crop and slavery was legal in Texas.

�The issue of state’s rights contributed to Texas’ involvement in the Civil War because Southerners believed that states should be able to ignore unfavorable federal laws.

�The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln led many Southern states to secede from the union and join the Confederacy.

�State’s Rights dealt with the belief that states could choose whether or not to enforce a federal law.

�Slavery relates to the system under which people are seen as property and have no basic rights.

�A key difference between the Northern and Southern economies that contributed to the growth of sectionalism was that the South relied more on slavery than those in the North.