Reconstruction
A formal change.
What is an Amendment?
What is Manifest Destiny?
This governor thought Texas should not seceed from the Union because he knew the South could not defeat the North.
A person who steals cattle.
What is a Cattle Rustler?
Somebody leaves a post without permission and with no intention of returning.
What is Desertion?
System that replaced slave labor.
Mexico saw this as the border with Texas.
What is the Nueces River?
Main cause of the Civil War.
Largest group of Texas immigrants.
Who are Germans?
Holiday celebrating the proclamation from the United States saying that all slaves are free.
What is Juneteenth?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Established the Rio Grande River as the border between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Production of this was dependent on slave labor.
What is Cotton?
Did not have a choice to immigrate to Texas.
Who are Enslaved African Americans?
Last military conflict associated with the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
Created to limit the rights of African Americans and prevent them serving on juries and holding public office.
What are the Black Codes?
Included the decision for allowing states to decide on slavery for themselves.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The reason why Texas decided to join the Confederate States of America.
What is slave labor?
Greatest pull factor for immigrants to come to Texas.
What is Land?
What is Wheat and Corn?
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
Who is John Slidell?
Person who wanted to end slavery. (Term, not a specific person)
What is an Abolitionist?
What are Reservations?
Site of surrender of the Confederate army.