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Reconstruction
Reconstruction
100
Union leaders wanted to gain control of Galveston because it
had a busy seaport
100
Most delegates to the Texas convention after the 1860 election
favored secession
100
The Texas Constitution of 1866 failed to
give African Americans the right to vote
100
The period of reestablishing governments in the South after the Civil War is called
Reconstruction
100
What oath did Southerners have to take before they could vote?
Ironclad Oath
200
Despite a blockade of its ports, Texas continued to send cotton to Europe through
Mexico
200
The Union general whose cavalry occupied Austin in 1865 was
George A. Custer
200
Most former Confederates felt the Radical Republicans' plan for Reconstruction was
too harsh
200
The president of the United States impeached during Reconstruction was
Andrew Johnson
200
After being impeached, President Johnson
lost most of his influence
300
The North's victory in the Civil War meant
the Union was preserved
300
If the Republicans won the 1860 election, Southern leaders threatened to
secede from the Union
300
The Emancipation Proclimation of 1863
freed the slaves in the Confederate states
300
African Americans were more likely to vote for
What is Republicans
300
Many delegates who wrote the Texas Constitution of 1866 were
supporters of the Confederacy
400
Texas governors Lubbock and Murrah spent much of their time in office working for the
Confederate war effort
400
The Texas Secession Convention ordered all state officials to take an oath of allegiance to
the Confederacy
400
On June 19th, 1865, General Granger issued a proclamation declaring that all
enslaved people were free
400
As a result of the South's surrender, the Texas state government
collapsed
400
The person appointed governor in Texas in 1867 was
Elisha Pease
500
Members of the 1861 convention in Montgomery, Alabama, formed the
Confederate States of America
500
Forced military enrollment
What is Conscription
500
How many Texans served in the Confederate Army
What is 60,000
500
The Constitution of 1869 provided more support for
What is public education
500
The military commander of Texas and Louisiana during Reconstruction was
Philip Sheridan