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During the years following the Civil War, it was the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union.
What is "Reconstruction"?
100
The Spanish word vaquero refers to a —
What is "cowboy"
100
During the ____ ___, Texans were divided by the issue of slavery.
What is the "Civil War"?
100
The _______ branch of both the Texas and the United States government checks the power of the legislature (Congress) by declaring laws ___________.
What is "judicial and "unconstitutional"?
100
It is a principle of government that means the state level of government shares power with the national, or federal, level of government.
What is "federalism"?
200
Texas _______ from the Union and joined the Confederacy in ________.
What is "seceded" and "1861"?
200
This battle was fought along the Rio Grande after the surrender of the Confederacy and was the last military conflict associated with the Civil War.
What is "Battle of Palmito Ranch"?
200
The production of ____ and wheat increased in Texas during the Civil War because it was needed to feed the ______ _____.
What is "corn" AND "Confederate soldiers"?
200
How did the Civil War affect population growth in Texas?.
Who is "The growth of the population slowed during the war, but increased rapidly in the decades after the war."?
200
Following the Civil War, on June 19, 1865 General Granger announced that all slaves were _____. This led to the celebration of _______ as a Texas, and later national, holiday.
What is "free" and "Juneteenth"?
300
The issue of _____ _____ involved the belief that the national government should not interfere with certain state decisions. It was a major cause of the _____ _____.
What is "states rights" AND "Civil War"?
300
During the Civil War, ________ issues made giving and receiving information more difficult in Texas which allowed continued fighting for weeks after the ____ of the war.
What is "communication" AND "end"?
300
Why were the delegates at the Secession Convention in favor of Texas leaving the Union?
Who is the "They considered slavery vital to the economy"
300
"no man shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent" Article 1, Section 4, Texas Constitution Which freedom is guaranteed by this section of the Texas Constitution?
Who is "Freedom of religion"?
300
The Texas Constitution of _____ expanded ______ rights for all men in Texas, regardless of _____.
What is "1876" AND "voting" AND "race"?
400
In which region of Texas was most of the cotton industry located?
What is East Texas
400
Loyalty to a region rather than a nation
What is "sectionalism"?
400
The Civil War took place during these years.
What is "1861-1865"?
400
Place these in order: (1) Civil War fought (2) Texas readmitted to the Union (3) Current Texas Constitution adopted (4) Sam Houston removed as governor
What is "4 1 2 3"?
400
He refused to take the oath of allegiance to the newly formed Confederate States of America and was asked to step down as governor.
Who is "Sam Houston"?
500
It was considered essential to the success of the Southern economy and encouraged the Texas decision to leave the Union.
What is "slavery"?
500
"Some of you laugh to scorn the idea of bloodshed as the result of secession. But let me tell you what is coming. Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet. You may, after the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, as a bare possibility, with Southern independence...but I doubt it...The North is determined to preserve this Union...When they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South." --From a public address in Galveston, February 18, 1861 Governor Sam Houston warned Texans about the cost of secession. Why did he fear secession from the Union?
What is "Houston feared that secession would eventually lead to war and bloodshed, but the north would prevail."?
500
Following the Civil War, many former _____ had to make a living working on white-owned farms through a system called __________.
What are "slaves" AND "sharecropping"?
500
It is a principle of the Constitution that reflects the desire or will of the people.
What is "popular sovereignty"?
500
Seceding states believed the _______ government should not intervene in _____ decisions.
What is "federal" AND "state"?
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