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Unionist - people that remained loyal to and wanted to remain part of the United States
sharecropper - farmers that worked the land and gave 50% to the land owner
homestead - the house and adjoining land occupied by a family
blockade runner – ships that slip past military blockade to deliver goods & supplies
scalawag - a mean, immoral, or wicked person
amendment - a formal change to constitutions
vigilante - people who take the law into their own hands
blockade – closes a port by positioning ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or
out
Ku Klux Klan - a post civil war secret society advocating white supremacy that terrorized
African Americans
arsenals - a storehouse for weapons
Reconstruction - the Federal governments plan to restore the South to the Union
states’ rights - the idea that states have the power to limit the power of the federal
government
secede - withdraw from the union
carpetbagger - Northern outsiders that moved into Texas
abolitionist - a person that wanted to end slavery after the Civil War
enclosure – fenced in areas to control the breeding of animals
1. List the important features of the Constitution of 1876…
a. limited the power of the governor
b. set terms to 2 years
c. gave the right to vote to African Americans males
2. What caused the “Great Hanging” in Texas ? Unionists refused to join the draft for the
Confederate army
3. What did blockade runners do ? they carried supplies in and out of Texas
4. Why was Sam Houston removed from office as governor ?
a. he opposed secession
b. refused to pledge loyalty to the Confederacy
5. What three issues led to the Civil War ?
a. future of slavery
b. use of public lands
c. states’ rights
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6. List four things done by the Freedman’s Bureau for the African Americans…
a. protect freedman from violence and ‘black codes’
b. provide food and health care
c. helping adults find jobs
d. set up schools for children
7.
Why did Texans suffer shortages of goods during the Civil War ?
a. the Union navy stopped ships from bringing in goods
b. the North stopped selling goods
8.
Why did Confederates want to control the Southwest and California ?
a. to gain access to gold and silver mines
b. and the ports on the Pacific Ocean
9. What was the chief product made using the labor of slaves ? cotton
10. Identify three parts to the “black codes”…
a. banning African Americans from serving on juries
b. forcing African Americans who did not have jobs to work
c. preventing African Americans from holding public office
11. What did The Confederate Quartermaster’s Clothing Bureau provide the Army in Texas
during the Civil War ? a. food, b. clothing, & c. equipment
12. What happened at Glorieta Pass in 1862…
a. Union troops captured General Henry Sibley’s supply train
b. they forced the Confederates to retreat
c. the Union controlled the Southwest for the remainder of the Civil War
13. Identify the Kansas-Nebraska Act… this act gave the people of Kansas - Nebraska the right
to decide on slavery
14.
Describe the economy of Texas at the end of Reconstruction... cotton, wheat, and corn
production increased due to the expansion of the railroads
15.
List three examples of people living in Texas that might be a Unionist...
a. farmer with no slaves
b. farmer who had originally come from a northern state
c. a German immigrant without slaves
16.
What was the average cost of a slave between 1850 & 1860 ?
17.
Prior to the Civil War, were any African American’s in Texas free ?
$600
Yes, a small number, very few
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18.
How many votes did Abraham Lincoln receive from Texans in 1860 ? none
19. Name 4 Texas battles that were a victory for Confederate forces ?
a. Galveston
b. Sabine Pass
c. Laredo
d. Mansfield
20. Which Texas battle(s) were not a victory for Confederate forces ?
21.
Who was killed at the “Great Hanging” ?
22.
Where was the final Civil War Battle fought in Texas ?
23.
What Texas Governor created a state police to capture ‘outlaws’ ?
Brownsville
people that sided with the Union
Palmito Ranch
Edmund Davis
24. Victory in which battle(s) helped the Confederates keep open their ports ?
25.
Galveston
Why did industry in Texas grow during the Civil War ?
Since supplies were not coming into the state, Texans had to make things for themselves
26.
Match each public officials to his task during the Civil War.
Not ?- Jefferson Davis – secretary of state for the Confederacy
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. Robert E. Lee
D. Abraham Lincoln
A. Jefferson Davis
______ – commander of the Confederate army
______ – president of the United States
______ – commander of the Union Army
______ – president of the for the Confederacy
27. Name the 11 Confederate States ?
South Carolina,
Mississippi,
Florida,
Alabama,
Georgia,
Louisiana,
Texas,
Virginia,
Arkansas,
Tennessee,
North Carolina
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