Free At Last?
Which group used violence and terror in an effort to block Reconstruction and to prevent African Americans from voting?
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Which President wanted to restore and unify the United States as quickly as possible following the Civil War?
President Abraham Lincoln
Who was the Union General who came to lead Texas through Reconstruction?
General Gordon Granger
a temporary government
provisional government
The Reconstruction Act divided the southern states into what? (Hint: Texas and Louisiana were in the same one)
military districts
DAILY DOUBLE
This organization helped freed people find jobs and issued food and clothing to the sick, aged, and poor. It also founded schools to provide the education and skills freed people needed to make a living.
Who became President following Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson
What group of people moved away from Texas almost immediately after being encouraged to stay and work for pay?
Freedmen
a Republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction
Radical Republican
The Civil War left Texans with enormous problems. The cost of raising and equipping troops left the state with a lot of what?
debt
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution freed the slaves?
13th Amendment
To regain the right to vote, most white Southerners only had to swear an oath of ______________ to the United States.
loyalty
The order to end slavery was announced in Texas on June 19, 1865 and is now celebrated as what holiday?
Juneteenth
to end; to stop doing an action
cease
What political power did President Johnson use to try and stop Congress from taking over Reconstruction?
Veto
What document freed the slaves?
Emancipation Proclamation
Who's Reconstruction plan produced few changes in the South and frustrated Congress?
President Andrew Johnson
What did most Texas slaveholders do when they heard that all slaves were freed?
they voluntarily complied
Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
black codes
DAILY DOUBLE
Which President signed an act declaring that Congressional Reconstruction in Texas was ended?
The 15th amendment, ratified by Texas in order to rejoin the Union, gave African American men the right to do what?
vote
President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan required each state in the south to nullify its act of what?
secession
A large Union force arrived in which Texas city-port to take over the state following the end of the Civil War?
Galveston
White Southerners who supported Reconstruction
Which group of Texans wasn't really impacted by post Civil War Reconstruction?
Tejanos