Vocabulary
The act of preventing goods or people from entering or leaving.
blockade
This battle occurred in South Carolina.
Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Confederacy were all associated with the _______.
South
This battle was known as the "turning point" of the Civil War
1861
The act of leaving the Union.
General Lee Surrenders here.
Appomattox Courthouse
Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Union were all associated with the _________.
North
This major battle cut the Confederacy in two.
Battle of Vicksburg
What was the goal of Reconstruction?
To restore the South to the Union
The economy in Texas was based on _________ AFTER the Civil War?
sharecropping
This event happened just days after the Union won the Civil War.
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
What was the purpose of the 13th amendment?
To abolish slavery in the US
This war took place after the Civil War was over.
Palmito Ranch
Name one effect of Reconstruction in Texas
The economy in Texas was based on ____________ before the Civil War?
plantation system
This event celebrates the announcement that was made in Texas that the Civil War was over and slaves were free.
Juneteenth
What was the purpose of Freedman's Bureau?
to help former slaves
This victory allowed the Confederacy to regain control of ports.
What happened at the Appomattox Court House?
Confederate General Lee surrendered.
After Reconstruction, Black Codes were replaced with...
Jim Crow Laws
This battled happened on the border of Texas and Louisianna.
Battle of Sabine Pass
What was the purpose of Black Codes in the South?
to deny African Americans newly granted rights
Name the three battles that occurred in TX in chronological order.
Galveston, Sabine Pass, Palmito Ranch
Written by Lincoln, this declared that enslaved people in the Confederate states were free.
Emancipation Proclomation