Reconstruction
An individual who arrives to a new region with only a suitcase of possessions.
What is a carpetbagger?
There were this many battles fought in Texas during the Civil War.
What is 3 battles?
The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This president was elected at the beginning of the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The best day of the year.
What is DEFINITELY Coach Adams' birthday? (also ironically Mrs. Brown's birthday, but what a copier amiright?)
The term refers to the period following the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union?
What is Reconstruction
This small-scale but significant Civil War battle in Texas, fought on September 8, 1863, resulted in a Confederate victory and prevented Union forces from penetrating Texas via a key waterway.
What is the Battle of Sabine Pass?
This amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves.
What is the 14th Amendment?
President of the Confederacy when the South succeeded.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
According to test scores, this teacher reigns supreme as the bestest and coolest teacher for 7th grade Texas History.
Who is THE Coach Adams?
A group established to provide assistance to formerly enslaved people.
This Civil War battle in Texas, fought on January 1, 1863, saw Confederate forces recapture control of the city and its vital port from Union forces.
What is the Battle of Galveston?
This amendment left room for Southerners to use literacy tests, poll taxes, and other means to prevent Black Americans from exercising this right.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Issued by Abraham Lincoln that stated all slaves within the Union to be freed immediately.
The holiday created to celebrate the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Juneteenth?
The disgusting, DEPLORABLE, HORREEEEENDOUS individual that assassinated Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theatre.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
This Civil War battle in Texas, fought on May 12-13, 1865, is notable for being the last land battle of the Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory, despite the war already being officially over.
What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
The South was split into 5 different _______ after the Civil War, to help enforce the 13/14/15th amendments.
What is/are military districts?
This legislative body played a crucial role in shaping the government's policies and actions, including the Emancipation Proclamation and the passage of the 13th Amendment.
What is the United States Congress?
This man was the governor of Texas, but decided to step down when Texas succeeded from the Union.
Who is Sam Houston?
Lincoln's Vice President that took over for Lincoln when he got got.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
The place in which General Lee surrendered to the Union forces.
What is the Appomattox Courthouse?
The amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
This infamous series of laws enacted after the Black Codes by Southern states during Reconstruction, aimed to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans, including imposing poll taxes, literacy tests, and segregation laws.
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
The backbone of the 7th grade Texas History Team.
Who is Mrs. Brown?