Principles of the Constitution
Bill of Rights
Civil War in Texas
Reconstruction
Reconstruction Amendments
100
A system in government where each branch of government is divided and has separate duties/responsibilities
Separation of Powers
100
This Amendment guarantees the right to RAPPS (Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech)
1st Amendment
100
Name the Texas Governor removed from office when he refused to sign allegiance to The Confederacy?
Sam Houston
100
What 3 amendments were created during the Reconstruction Era?
13th, 14th, and 15th amendment
100
Which amendment abolished forced servitude(slavery)?
The 13th Amendment
200
A system in government that allows each branch of government to limit each other to prevent them from becoming too powerful
Checks and Balances
200
This amendment protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
200
Name the Texas battle where confederate troops broke through the Union blockade and retook the port with the help of Cotton Clads?
The Battle of Galveston
200
What industry in Texas BOOMED after the Civil War due to the high demand of it in the North?
Cattle industry
200
Name the amendment that stated any person born in the United States is a citizen with the full rights of citizenship?
The 14th Amendment
300
System in Government where powers are divided and shared between the federal and state governments
Federalism
300
This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizures.
4th amendment
300
Which battle did The Confederacy win in Texas in which the Confederates were outnumbered 5,000 to 46 and controlled an important pass?
Battle of Sabine Pass
300
What is the national holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the US?
Juneteenth
300
This Amendment says that no one can be denied the right to vote based on race-
The 15th Amendment
400
Government that is gets it power from the people that put them in power
Popular Sovereignty
400
Ensures that citizens will have a speedy and public trial with a jury
6th amendment
400
Which Texas Civil War battle occurred after the civil war ended?
Battle of Palmito Ranch
400
What government agency helped newly freed slaves find jobs, food, shelter,
and other basic needs
Freedman´s Bureau
400
This amendment was needed to deter "Black Codes" due to the Dred Scott decision.
14th Amendment
500
When citizens vote for someone who will REPresent them in government
Republicanism
500
The 10th amendment is tied to which Principle of the Constitution?
Federalism
500
List these events in chronological order: Texas Secession, Election of Lincoln in 1860, End of Civil War, Battle of Palmito Ranch, Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act - Election of Lincoln in 1860- Texas Secession -End of Civil War- Battle of Palmito Ranch
500
Agricultural system in which formerly enslaved people would "rent" land from a farmer to grow crops to make money.
Sharecropping
500
Literacy tests and Poll Taxes were implemented by southern states to deter former enslaved people from voting after which amendment
15th Amendment