Finish the sentence:
________ were people who were bought and sold like property, and they worked for long hours in the fields without pay.
Who are slaves?
100
The issue of ___________ divided the U.S. from its beginning.
What is slavery?
100
Freedman's Bureau helped _________ find work and places to live.
Who are African-Americans?
100
White people in Texas wanted to keep African Americans separate from them. This is called _________.
What is segregation?
200
A verb meaning to end something or get rid of it.
What is abolish?
200
From 1836 to 1860, the population of ______ Texans grew.
Choose: free or enslaved
What is enslaved?
200
The ______________ opposed slavery because they believed all people should be free.
Who is the North?
200
Texas had to rebuild its economy because enslaved workers could not be ______ in their businesses.
What is used?
200
______ ________ laws were laws that enforced segregation.
What is Jim Crow?
300
A tax paid on goods, the word is 6 letters long and begins with a "T"
What is tariff?
300
__________ was known as the president of the United States who was against slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
The _____________ felt the tariffs were unfair because they had to pay more or buy their goods from the North if they wanted to pay less.
Who is the South?
300
During Reconstruction, Eleven Confederate States ______ the United States. (verb)
What is rejoined?
300
Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, Confederate States, United States.
What are the six flags over Texas?
400
to officially leave or separate from a group
What is secede?
400
Lincoln issued the ______ _____ which freed all enslaved people.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
Eleven southern states seceded from the United States and formed a new government and called it _______________.
What is the Confederate States?
400
During Reconstruction, African Americans worked as _____________ because they could not afford to buy land, but could make money growing crops.
What are sharecroppers?
400
Celebration to honor the day slaves were free in Texas and to remember the difficulties African Americans had faced.
What is Juneteenth?
500
A farmer who pays part of what he or she grows to a landowner.
What is a sharecropper?
500
After the war, the ______________ Amendment outlawed slavery throughout the U.S.
What is the Thirteenth?
500
During the Civil War, the Union blocked the _____ at the Texas ports bringing supplies to the South.
What is ships?
500
If sharecroppers depended on money from selling their crops, this would mean bad business for them because it would effect the growth of their crops.
What is ____ ______?
What is bad weather?
500
The Freedman's Bureau not only helped African Americans with finding a place to live, but also with finding a place to work and go to __________.