Vocabulary
Union Navy ships (flat bottoms with steel sides)
Ironclads
This President, running as a Republican, won the election of 1860, causing South Carolina to secede a month later.
Abraham Lincoln
What were the years the U.S. Civil War was fought?
1861-1865
This is what Southerners called people from the North who moved South after the end of the Civil War.
Carpetbaggers
This last battle of the Texas Revolution resulted in Sam Houston defeating Santa Anna, forcing the Mexican President to sign over all rights to Texas.
Battle of San Jacinto
A secret society that murdered and threatened black Americans to prevent them from voting, expressing political views.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
What was the date of the 1st day of battle?
July 1st, 1863
The rebuilding of the United States after the Civil War ended
Reconstruction
The first shots of the American Civil War were fired here.....
Fort Sumter (South Carolina)
This announcement by Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves in areas "in rebellion against the United States" (the Confederacy).
The Emancipation Proclamation
This Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed equal rights and citizenship to all African American men.
The 14th Amendment
This group (founded by Stephen F. Austin) was created to help protect the frontier settlements from Mexican and Native American raids.
The Texas Rangers
Who was the Governor of Texas in 1860 who would not take an Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy and was removed from his office?
Sam Houston
What STATE is Gettysburg in?
Pennsylvania
voting rights
suffrage
This person was elected President of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
In April of 1862, the Confederate Congress passed this, which required military service (all white males ages 18-35)
a Draft
What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished or ended slavery?
13th Amendment
This Act of Congress paid $10 million to Texas to give up additional land (giving us the current Northern and Western borders of Texas).
The Compromise of 1850
to formally bring charges against a public official
impeach
What is the name of the General who tells General Lee he doesn't think the charge will succeed? (Hint: He calls him "Pete")
General Longstreet
These laws passed by Southern states' governments denied former slaves their civil rights
Black Codes
The Supreme Court Decision that stated that slaves were NOT citizens and could not sue for their freedom.
The Dredd Scott Decision (1857)
What Confederate loss "broke the back" of the Confederacy by splitting it into two pieces?
Battle of Vicksburg
What group helped former slaves transition into society with assistance ranging from medical, housing, and legal help?
Freedmen's Bureau
This military officer, originally from South Carolina (then Alabama) was put in charge of The Alamo in 1836 and wrote a famous letter asking for help there.
Lt. Col. William Barrett Travis
This holiday celebrates the day that slaves in Texas were emancipated (freed).
Juneteenth (June 19, 1865)
What is the name of the actor/scout/spy for the Confederate army?
Harrison
rule by armed forces (being occupied by the military)
Martial Law
The important city in Texas was lost to a Union fleet in 1862, but was later recaptured by Confederate forces in 1863
Galveston ( 2 separate Battles of)
WHERE did General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant, officially ending the war?
Appomattox Courthouse (Virginia)
This was the term given to Texans who supported Republicans
Scalawags
Why is 1821 an important year in Texan/Mexican History?
Mexico won its Independence from Spain.
What was the name of the person who assassinated (murdered) Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
About how many soldiers died (from both sides) as a result of the Battle of Gettysburg?
About 53,000
units of around 1,000 soldiers
regiments
This battle actually took place almost a month AFTER the Civil War had officially ended....The Confederates ultimately won this battle even though the war was over
Battle of Brownsville TX
This Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed voting rights for all African American MEN over the age of 21.
The 15th Amendment
What other state was put with Texas in the 5th Military District during Reconstruction?
Louisiana
What happened in 1519 that is important to Texas History?
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda created the first-ever map of the Texas Gulf Coast.
What day was Lincoln assassinated?
April 15, 1865 (less than a week after Lee's surrender-April 9, 1865)
What is the name of Col. Lawrence Chamberlain's brother?
"Tom" or Thomas Chamberlain