CIVIL WAR
A group that believed it was their right to have slaves & to leave the Union.essionists
What are Secessionists?
This holiday celebrates the announcement that enslaved people in Texas were free.
What is Juneteenth?
This leader runs the Texas state government.
Who is the Governor?
These famous trails moved Texas cattle north to railroads in Kansas.
What are the Chisholm Trail and the Goodnight–Loving Trail?
These helped farmers and ranchers ship goods across the country.
What are railroads?
A group of people who wanted slavery abolished.
What are abolitionists?
This organization helped formerly enslaved people with food, education, and legal support.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This section of the Constitution protects freedoms like speech and religion.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This invention ended open-range cattle ranching.
Barbed Wire
Railroads helped connect Texas to these larger markets.
What are national and international markets?
This Texas governor opposed secession and refused to support leaving the Union.
Who is Sam Houston?
After the Civil War, many farmers worked land through this farming system.
What is Sharecropping?
Authorities must have this to obtain a search warrant.
: What is probable cause?
These African American soldiers served in the U.S. Army on the frontier.
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
Railroads helped new towns grow in this part of Texas.
What is West Texas?
Texas joined this side during the Civil War.
Who was the Confederacy?
Many Texans opposed Reconstruction because they believed this level of government had too much control.
What is the federal government?
These two principles divide government power and prevent one branch from becoming too powerful.
What are separation of powers and checks and balances?
This Comanche leader helped his people adapt to life on reservations.
Who is Quanah Parker?
This industry grew quickly after the Civil War in Texas.
What is the cattle industry?
his battle allowed Confederate forces to retake an important Texas port city.
Battle of Galveston
These amendments ended slavery and protected the rights of formerly enslaved people.
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
This constitution has many more amendments than the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Texas Constitution?
This Texas governor supported laws to regulate railroads and protect farmers.
Who is James Hogg?
This crop added to the economy of Texas.
What is cotton?
This battle in Texas stopped a Union invasion and protected the state from Union control.
What is the Battle of Sabine Pass?
This amendment gave voting rights to black men.
What is the 15th Amendment?
The name of the Governor of Texas.
Who is Abbott?
This man invented barbed wire.
Who is Joseph Glidden?
The organization that Gov James Hogg started to help farmers & businesses.
What is the Railroad Commission?
This was the last land battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
This gave freedom to enslaved people.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The name of the county where Garland is located.
What is Dallas county?
The name of the state where barbed wire was invented.
What is Illinois?
BONUS QUESTION: The next big economic growth that happens to Texas.
What is the Oil Boom?