CIVIL WAR JOUNAL

The union commander,
General Ulysses S. Grant

The Confederate commander ,
General Robert E. Lee

Abraham Lincoln was the president for the U.S.

Jefferson Davis was the president for the Confederacy.

John hood was a confederate general in the civil war. He got his reputation for aggressive leadership as a commander for Robert E. Lee. He moved to Louisiana and worked as a cotton broker and in the insurance business.

John Reagan was resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the union. He was captured after the war with president Jefferson Davis and Francis Lubbock. He is included in a list to be one of the four greatest Texans oft he 19th century with Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin.

Francis Lubbock was the governor of Texas during the civil war. During the republic of Texas period, president Sam Houston appointed Lubbock to be a comptroller. He supported Confederate conscription, working to draft all able-bodied men into the Confederate States army.

Thomas Green was an American solider and lawyer, who took part in the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836. During the battle of San Jacinto, he helped operate the famed "Twin Sisters" cannons, the only artillery in president Sam Houston's army. After winning many many victories, he was promoted brigadier and assigned commander of the cavalry division of the trans- Mississippi Department.

John Magruder was a career military officer who served in the armies of three nations. He was most noted for his actions in delaying Federal troops during the 1862 Peninsula campaign. Confederate forces under Major. General Magruder expelled occupying troops from the city of Galveston.

POLITICAL EFFECTS

• Texas and southern states seceded from the union.
• Texas supported its "sister slave-holding States" this is called sectionalism.

ECONOMIC EFFECTS

• Northern blockades cut off food, supplies, and war materiel to the south.
• The lower production of agriculture and business due to men being at war.

SOCIAL EFFECTS

• Families were torn apart brother against brother, father against sons, daughters against mothers.
• All the union supporters were treated with hostility.

CHECKS AND BALANCES

• Checks and balances mean money.
• It was an idea from James Maddison.
• They are both located in Annotation 1- Article 1. Of the constitution.

FEDERALISM

• The federal principle or government.
• It came from Dr. George Roache.
• Located in the construction.

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

• The liberty of each and every person.
• Came from the decrees Cyrus.
• Located in the bill of rights.

LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• A government outline.
• From the magma carta.
• Located in the bill of rights.

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• The peoples rule.
• By Jean Bowden 1576.
• Located in the constitution.

REPUBLICANISM

• Freedom of the people.
• It came from Ancient Greece.
• Located in the constitution.

SEPARATION OF POWERS

• An act of vesting the legislative.
• Came from the Aristotle.
• Located in the constitution.