Reconstruction
The President of the US that was elected to a 2nd term and took office on March 4, 1865.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
He had a plan for putting the country back together.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The Texas government was in tip-top shape or in shambles.
What is shambles?
What is martial law?
The Southern states were required to hold a Constitutional Convention and write out a new one of the that recognized ll of the points the Congress set out.
What is a new constitution?
The war ended when this General surrendered.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
What affected Lincoln's plan and changed the course of history?
The Governor that arrive in Austin in August 1865.
Who is Governor Hamilton?
A formal change agreed to by two-thirds of the states.
What are amendments?
Governor Edmond Davis created this, which the citizens did not like.
What is a state police force?
Robert E. Lee surrendered to which General?
Who was General Ulysses S. Grant?
Who is Andrew Johnson?
By November 1865, order had been restored by Governor Hamilton so he decided to hold this in Austin.
What is a convention (or meeting)?
Their purpose was to protect the former slaves and also provide food and health care.
What is Freedmen's Bureau?
Governor Davis raised taxes and used the money for these three things.
What are roads, education and defense? (two out of three counts as a correct answer)
The Courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865.
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
What is the Lincoln/Johnson plan?
At the convention, the delegates voted for this many of the three main steps in the plan.
What is all three?
This is the inability to read and write.
Farm workers who worked the land for a landowner.
What are sharecroppers?
This man shot Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
The Lincoln/Johnson plan had this many main points.
What is three?
Which US President accepted the Texas Constitution of 1866 and recognized the three steps for reinstatement to the Union had been met.
Who is President Johnson?
A southerner who hung out with the northerners.
What is a "scalawag"?
The 12th Texas legislature opened in 1870 with this many African-American congressmen.
What is fourteen?