Vocab
What was the period following the Civil War called?
Reconstruction
Which president hoped to restore the Union as quickly as possible?
President Lincoln
When did Abraham Lincoln die?
1865
What did the Emancipation proclamation do?
Freed the slaves in the Confederate states
What party rose up mainly in the North in the 1850’s?
Republican Party
What term is used to describe a temporary set of elected officials?
Provisional Government
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilks Booth
When did the congress divide the military into five districts?
March 1667
When was the Fifteenth Amendment wrote?
1870
What party won the majority in the seat in the state legislature in 1872?
Democratic party
What term means to be required to do something?
Compulsory
Who did the Texas legislator send to represent Texas in the U.S. senate?
Oran Roberts
What year did reconstruction take place?
1861-1874
When was the new Texas constitution approved?
1869
Which political party supported farmers and businesses?
Greenback party
What were the rights that restricted the rights of free African Americans called?
Black Codes
The union argued that ______ should control Reconstruction?
Congress
What year did the tax rate increase to more than $2?
1872
What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?
Abolish slavery
Which political party wanted to ban alcoholic beverages?
Prohibition
What term means to cancel?
Nullify
Who was a general of Texas state troops during the civil war?
James W. Throckmorton
What year was the Ku Klux Klan founded
1866
What Amendment expanded voting right?
Fifteenth Amendment
What was the first American political party?
Federalist Party