Antebellum Era
Civil War
Reconstruction
War on the Plains
Plantations
100
The _________________________ was important to the South because it made it possible to send cotton to market faster.
Cotton gin
100
The _________________________ flag flew over Texas during the Civil War.
Confederate
100
The ____________________ Amendment ended slavery.
13th
100
Because hunters killed thousands of them, ____________________ were no longer plentiful.
Buffalos
100
Plantations were often located near __________________ which made it easier to ship their goods.
Rivers/water
200
The two major political parties in the 1860 election were ____________________ and __________________.
Republicans; Democrats
200
By the end of the civil war, many homes and businesses in the ____________________ were destroyed.
South
200
The system of ___________________ replaced the plantation system in Texas after the Civil War.
Sharecropping
200
______________________________ were African American soldiers.
Buffalo soldiers
200
Who lived on the plantations?
Planters, their families, overseers, slaves
300
Slaves who ran away in Texas usually ran to ____________________ because it was closer and slavery was illegal there.
Mexico
300
An order that freed all slaves in Texas was read on what we call ____________________.
Juneteenth
300
What happened to the plantations in Texas after the Civil War?
They were divided into small farms for sharecropping.
300
The United States government forced many Indians to move onto ____________________.
Reservations
300
What was the purpose of the plantations?
To grow cash crops
400
The issue of _____________________________ was one of the two major issues the North and South disagreed on.
States' rights
400
In order to rejoin the United States, Texas had to ___________________ its government.
Restructure
400
A ____________________ is a large farm that grows a cash crop.
Plantation
500
___________________ was one of the two major issues the North and South disagreed on.
Slavery
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