| A | B |
|---|
| Cash Crop | Crop produced for profit |
| Textile | Cloth |
| Famine | Severe food shortage |
| Removal | Forcing Native Americans to move to reservations |
| Secede | Withdraw formally |
| Slaves | Brought to Texas by their owners during the colonial period |
| Slave treatment | Families seperated, no property, no marriages, no vote, no freedom |
| Anglo Americans | Most supported slavery to maintain the Southern economy |
| German immigrants and Tejanos | Opposed slavery because one person cannot own another |
| Cotton Industry | Growth meant more slaves were needed to work in the fields |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Would let states decide whether to have slaves |
| Know Nothing Party | Opposed Roman Catholic immigrants who often had Mexican or German ancestors |
| Democratic Party | Supported farmers and laborers; most Texans were members |
| Whig Party | Supported business growth; not strong in Texas |
| Sam Houston | Resigned US Senate to run governor of Texas. Won in 1859. |
| Hardin Runnels | Democrat who believed each state should decide about slavery and favored secession. Governer in 1857 |
| Abram Sells | Child slave in Texas fed like an animal by the owners |
