Name the most common known cause for the Civil War.
Slavery
100
This law freed the slaves.
Emancipation Proclamation
or
13th Amendment
100
What did the thirteenth amendment do?
freed the slaves
100
After the Civil War many Texans shoe to start new businesses because of our type of economic system called:
free enterprise system
200
I invented condensed milk.
Gail Borden
200
Texas joined the Confederacy because they wanted to ______ slavery.
keep
200
This law forced men age 20-45 to join the army to go to war.
Conscription Act
200
What did the fifteenth amendment do?
Gave African American men the right to vote.
200
Describe opportunity cost.
something you give up to get something else
300
I am responsible for inventing barbed wire, meant to contain animals.
Joseph Glidden
300
Texas joined the Confederacy because they wanted to support their sister states.
True or False
True
300
One impact of the Civil War in Texas was the creation of a new state constitution. Would this be a social, economic, or political impact?
political
300
What did the fourteenth amendment do?
Gave African Americans citizenship in the United States
300
What are some natural resources Texas had a SUPPLY of during this time?
water, trees/lumber, cotton, animals/cattle
400
I assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
400
Texas joined the Confederacy because they felt they were not protected by the US from Indian attacks.
True or False
True
400
Name the holiday that celebrates the date slaves were freed.
Juneteenth
400
After the Civil War, some people were angry about the freedom of African Americans. Due to this, the _____________________ laws were passed, also called “Black Codes”.
Jim Crow Laws
400
What years did the Civil War take place?
1861-1865
500
Name the generals for Union and Confederate Armies (two men.)
Union-Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy: Robert E. Lee
500
Texas was on this side of the Civil War:
Confederate (south)
500
During the war war there were shortages of 3 things:
*
*
*
Coffee
Medicine
Clothing
500
Give two examples of Jim Crow laws "Black Codes"
Answers may include
*separate restrooms, water fountains
*separate schools, hospitals, and hotels
500
Define Reconstruction.
The period of time after the Civil War when Southern states had to rebuild.