What is ____?

1. At the Montgomery Convention in 1861, delegates from Texas and other seceded states formed a new country, the _______ States of America.

2. The new Confederate Constitution gave more power to individual states than to the ______ government

3. The new Confederate Constitution guaranteed the protection of ______

4. The Montgomery Convention named Texan ______ as postmaster general

5. The Texas Secession Convention removed Governor Sam Houston from office because he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the _______.

6. After Sam Houston was removed, the state's lieutenant governor, _______ became governor of Texas.

7. President Abraham Lincoln vowed to protect and preserve the ________.

8. The Civil War began when Confederate troops opened fire on ________ in Charleston Bay South Carolina​