Causes
The north and south disagreed over the spread of this forced labor practice
What is slavery?
This battle was fought after the Civil War officially ended
Battle of Palmito Ranch
This is the name for former slaves, now freed by the 13th amendment.
What is freedmen?
The reconstruction amendment which ended slavery in the US
What is the 13th Amendment?
This branch of the government makes the laws
What is the legislative branch?
Texas seceded from the union, joining this group of southern states, even after Sam Houston warned them not to.
What is the Confederacy?
The reason news of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War was late arriving to Texas
What is poor communication?
These laws were created to prevent any freedmen from gaining civil rights, such as voting, education, even sitting in the same rail car as white people
What are Black Codes?
The amendment which made all freedmen citizens
What is the 14th Amendment?
This branch of government houses the Governor and Lt. Governor, and is responsible for enforcing the laws
What is the executive branch?
The regional division between the north, south, and west, caused by economic differences
What is sectionalism
The place Confederate General Lee surrendered to Union General Grant
What is Appomattox Courthouse
This agency helped freedmen find basic needs, including housing, education, and legal aid.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
The group that gained the right to vote after the passage of the 15th amendment
Who are Black men?
Texas's highest civil court is also known as this branch, which interprets laws and decides final verdicts
What is the judicial branch
Who is Sam Houston?
The date the Civil War Ended officially
What is April 9th, 1865
The reason many Texans turned to making their own clothes and growing corn instead of cotton
What are economic effects of the Civil War?
The idea that people hold the power in government
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The Texas and US government is split into three of these, which divide the power and responsibilities
What are the Branches of Power?
The year Texas voted to secede from the Union
What is 1861
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is sharecropping?
This idea says that people elect representatives who create laws on their behalf
This executive office is limited by the Texas constitution
What is the Governor