Warm UpWhere in the world did you go on Spring Break?

Texas SecedesA Nation DividedThe Presidential Election of 1860Reaction to Lincoln’s ElectionThe Secession Convention in

TexasGovernor Houston’s Response

Chapter 14 Section 1

Texas Secession Vote, 1861

What’s your take away?Why did Texans vote to

secede from the United States?

What was Houston’s reaction to Texas leaving the Union?

Warm UpRead A Real-Life Story on page 309. From the reading, what do we know about Elijah Petty?

Texans Fight for the Confederacy

Organizing the Confederacy – The first Confederate governor of Texas was Francis Lubbock

Military Strength of Texas -60 to 70 thousand men volunteered to fight in the war. (From Texas)

With your shoulder partner read:

Sending More Troops to fight

Military Affairs in TexasOther Military Campaigns

Group WorkHow were federal troops

removed from Texas?Why was the Confederate

draft important?What happened at the Battle

of Sabine Pass, and why was a Confederate victory needed?

Warm UpREAD TEXAS TIDBITS

ON PAGE 315.

Women in Combat

Civil War Blendspac

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Civil War BlendspaceCreate a Circle Map on Texas in the Civil War.

With a partner, come up with a statement that best describes Texas in the Civil War.

Warm UpRead Multicultural

Connections on page 317. Mexican Americans in

the Civil WarWhy did the Civil War divide the Mexican American community?

Home Front HardshipsRefugeesThe Wars End

ABOUT 3 MILLION PEOPLE FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR, AND 600,000 TO 700,000 OF THEM DIED.

Warm UpDo Interact with History on page 324.

Chapter 15.1

Vocab for ch15.1Freedman – a person who has

been freed from slavery.Civil Rights – rights belonging to

all citizens.Amendment – a change made to

a law, bill or document.Veto – refusal by a head of

government to sign a bill passed by the legislature.

Presidential Reconstruction

After the WarEmancipation

Freedmen’s BureauJohnson’s Plan for

ReconstructionThe Constitution of 1866The Reaction of Congress