How did some texas unionists lose their civil rights during the war?

During the Civil War, the South was officially separated from the country (at least in their eyes). Therefore anyone who didn't pledge allegiance to the South, such as Unionists, were traitors and therefore had no rights.

I’m pretty sure that the answer is b.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.