What was the purpose of black codes and Jim Crow Laws in the South
To deny African Americans of their newly granted rights, and to create segregation in public spaces.
President of the Confederacy :
Jefferson Davis
This battle split the Confederacy in two(Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas are separated), and gave the Union full control of the Mississippi River.
Siege of Vicksburg
This event is considered the start of the Civil War and happened in South Carolina.
Attack on Fort Sumter
Confederacy general:
General Robert E. Lee
This battle was a blockade of Galveston port by the Union. The port was retook by the Confederacy after 1.5 years.(June 1861- January 1863)
Battle of Galveston
General of the Union :
Ulysses S. Grant
This helped former slaves build new lives
Freedmen's Bureau
This battle was a Union victory and was considered the turning point of the Civil War
The Battle of Gettysburg
When was the current Texas Constitution adopted
1876
President of the Union :
Abraham Lincoln
This was a plan by the Union to block all Confederate ports and coast.
The Anaconda Plan
This is the goal of Reconstruction
To restore the South back into the Union
This battle happened a month after the civil war had officially ended.
Battle of Palmito Ranch
What did the 15th amendment do
Gave African Americans right to vote
This event officially ended the Civil War
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
This battle happened on the Texas-Lousiana border
Battle of Sabine Pass
This document was written by Abraham Lincoln and announced that all slaves in the Confederacy were now free.
Emancipation Proclomation
Which battle happened in Mississippi
The Siege of Vicksburg
]What did the 14th amendment do
Gave African Americans right to be a citizen
This day was the day it was announced to the last slaves in Galveston that they were freed. June 19th.
Juneteenth
What system was the Texas economy based on before the Civil War.
The plantation system
What was the Texas economy based on after the Civil War
Sharecropping
What were black codes replaced by
Jim Crow Laws
What did the 13th amendment do.
Abolished slavery