Who?
President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
Battle that happened at a Texas port city
When was Lincoln elected?
1860
Day the slaves were freed in Texas
Juneteenth
Why did farmers need to build fences?
protect their land
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Texas
When did the Civil War begin?
1861
Tore the nation apart and important cause of the Civil War
Slavery
Why did the cattle industry boom in Texas?
demand for beef out east
Famed general of the confederacy
Robert E. Lee
Battle of Sabine Pass
When did Texas secede from the union?
1861
Crops grown just to make money
Cash Crops
Why did Texans need to rely on sharecropping?
loss of slave labor
Indian chief who is famous for assimilating into white culture
Quanah Parker
Battle that happened at the Rio Grande river
Battle of Palmito Ranch
New Texas Constitution
Ended the cattle trails
Railroads
Why did Texans want states to have decision making power?
To decide about slave labor
the rebuild and restructure after the loss of the Civil War
Reconstruction