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President of the Union during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The Union captured this island because it allowed Texas and the Confederacy to import supplies.
What is Galveston Island?
He assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The important crop grown in Texas.
What was cotton?
This holiday celebrates the time when slaves in Texas heard that they had been emancipated (freed).
What is Juneteenth?
Leading General of the Confederacy.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
The ships that were able to slip past the Union ships blocking the coast to bring supplies to Texas.
What were blockade runners?
This well-known Union Brigadier General was sent to Texas after the war ended to occupy Austin.
Who was George Custer?
General of the Union during the Civil War.
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
The final battle of the Civil war happened in Texas, was won by the Confederates but it was AFTER Lee and the South had already surrendered.
What was the Battle of Palmito Ranch?
This agency was set up to help manage land seized during the war, help slaves find jobs and opened schools for African American children.
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
This Texan was the second highest-ranking general in the Confederate Army.
Who was Albert Sidney Johnston?
Because coffee and tea were not available during the war, Texans made drinks out of these:
What were peanuts, sweet potatoes, and corn?
This amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery.
What was the 13th Amendment?