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Who won the Civil War?
The North (Union)
What is in the 15th Amendment?
Right to vote (for men), regardless of race
Slavery is illegal, abloshied slavery
14th Amendment
Granted citizenship to everyone born in the United States(including African Americans)
Granted equal protection
Right to due process
What made windmills so important?
They were used to pump water from underground
What was sharecropping?
African Americans stayed on plantations to work for cheap labor
What is a poll tax?
Having to pay to vote in the elections
What were the Black Codes?
Laws to go against the abolishment on African Americans to limit their freedoms
Who was Quanah Parker?
Comanche tribe leader who learned to cooperate with settlers in the United States
What were Buffalo Soldiers?
Typically African American soldiers who protect settlers from Native Americans during Westward expansion
Where did the cattle drives start and end?
They started in Texas and ended in the North(Montana, Kansas and Wyoming)
Explain the benefits barbed-wire fencing.
It helped keep cattle out of farmers land.
Helped guide cowboys on the trail
Why were settlements at risk of Native American attacks during the Civil War?
Their protection left to go fight in the war
Explain the importance of the railroads.
Opened up a new way to transport goods and opened up new jobs
Did African Americans get the equal rights as the white Americans?
The amendments helped but after the war some residents in the south still denied their rights
Battle of Palimto Ranch?
Took place in Texas and was the last battle of the Civil War
Requirements if Texas was going to join back into the Union(United States)
Approve the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Draft new Constitution that allowed African Americans to hold office
What caused the end of the Open Range Era?
Barbed-wire fencing
Windmills
Railroads
What region, of the four major regions, is Texas is the Commanche tribe located in?
Great Plains
To issue the freedom of Slaves, President Lincoln issued the:
Emancipation Proclamation