Important People
Who was elected president of the United states in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Who were Abolitionists?
People who wanted to end slavery.
Which event led to the increased production of corn and wheat in Texas during the years of the American Civil War?
A need to feed soldiers increased demand for these products.
Why did the Union army want control of Galveston, TX?
Ports for Imported and Exported Goods
What group wanted to return to the Antebellum period?
The Southern Democrates.
Who assassinated the president after the Civil War?
John Wilkes Booth
What is secede?
formally withdraw from the Union
What was the biggest agricultural export in Texas before and during the Civil War?
Cotton
What happened at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865?
The Civil War ended.
What was the date and year Juneteenth was created?
June 19, 1865
Who was the army general of the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
What are the codes that limited what freemen could do?
Black Codes
How was the Union better equipped for war?
They relied on factories and trade.
Group created to assist former slaves to be able to integrate into their new lives.
Freedmen's Bureau
Slavery and involuntary servitude are not allowed in our country.
13th Amendment
Who was the army general of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Following the American Civil War most former enslaved African Americans in Texas began making a living as
sharecroppers
What was it called when people rented land but owned their own farming supplies?
Tenant Farmers
What year did Texas Secede from the Union and join the Confederacy?
1861
Everyone, no matter their skin color, has the right to vote and have a say in how our country is run.
15th amendment
Who became president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
What is sectionalism?
Putting the interests of a region ahead of the interests of a nation
What did the Confederate start harvesting that caused their economy to deteriorate?
Wheat and corn
Which major city did the Sabine Pass railroad connect to?
Houston, TX.
Everyone born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen, no matter where they come from or what their parents' citizenship is. It also says that all citizens have equal protection under the law, meaning that the government has to treat everyone fairly and equally.
14th amendment