CIVIL RIGHTS
What crop helped to increase the slave population in Texas?
What is cotton
What were the 3 “S” reasons for Texas seceding from the Union?
Whats is
Slavery
Sectionalism
States' Rights
What did Sam Houston do when Texas decided to secede at the Secession Convention?
What is...
He refused to serve as governor and/or sign the oath of loyalty
What is the time period after the Civil War called?
What is Reconstruction
What day is Juneteenth Day?
Month…Day…Year
When is June 19th, 1865
What year(s) did the Civil War begin and end?
What are the years 1861 and 1865
The right of a state to make their own decisions.
What is states' rights
Was Texas FOR or AGAINST states’ rights?
What is...Texas was FOR state's rights
What is Juneteenth Day?
What is the day slaves in Texas were freed
What were Black Codes?
What are a series of discriminatory laws written and enacted by the southern states, after the Civil War, to restrict the rights of African Americans
Why did Texans support slavery?
What is they felt it was necessary for the economy
True or False
Sectionalism is loyalty to local interests instead of national concerns.
What is true
What executive order did Lincoln issue in 1863, freeing all the slaves in the rebelling states?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
What Presidential order was enforced on Juneteenth Day?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
What is ... To secure the rights of African-Americans
Why did many Texans not own slaves?
What is Many couldn’t afford it
What is the Underground Railroad? AND
Who is the famous conductor referred to as "Moses"?
What is a series of safe homes/businesses/routes that runaway slaves used to travel north to freedom
Harriet Tubman
Why did Texans continue to fight after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomatox?
What is... News traveled slowly
What is the 13th Amendment?
What is bans slavery in the United States
What is the 15th Amendment?
What is ... All men have the right to vote
What did farmers grow on their fields during the Civil War?
What are food products such as corn and wheat
What were the reasons Texas seceded from the Union?
T - I - S -S - U - E
What are ...
Tariffs
Industry vs Agriculture
Slavery vs States' Rights
Sectionalism
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Election of 1860
How did Sam Houston feel about secession?
What is...he was against it.
What was the 14th Amendment?
What is grants citizenship to all people born in the United States
What was the signifance of the Freedman's Bureau
What is provide food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance to former slaves