1. TX and US Annotated Maps

2. 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
Battle of Galveston pages
Battle of Sabine Pass page
Battle of Brownsville page 417
Battle of Palmito Ranch page 424

3. 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.
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 Sabine Pass – the Union tried to cut Texas off from the Confederacy, but Texas won.
Battle of Palmito Ranch – It was the last battle of the Civil War and it was a Confederate victory.
The Union Blockade – the Union blocked ports to stop trade and supplies from the Confederacy.
Battle of Brownsville – Texas and Union forces fought over trade routes between Mexico and TX.

4. EXIT TICKET In what ways did Texas help the Confederacy?
Do you think that Texas helped the Confederacy in a significant way?

5. Draw an outline of the US
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

6. Richmond – The capital of the Confederacy was located in Virginia.
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.
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.
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.
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 Confederacy.
Fort Sumter – An armed group of South Carolinians attacked the fort in defiance of the Union, declaring themselves an independent nation.