Vocabulary 1
Racial separation
segregation
A state celebration of the day slaves in Texas learned they were free
Juneteenth
Was the Confederacy a part of the North or South?
the South
What is the name of holiday in which slaves in Texas learned of their freedom?
Juneteenth
How did many Plains Indians in Texas meet their needs?
a strongly constructed building used to house soldiers and weapons
fort
cancel
nullify
What is a large farm that produces crops to sell?
plantation
How many states formed the Confederacy?
11
Which was a major advantage for the United States during the Red River War?
They had better weapons
A tax paid on goods that come from another country.
tariff
A farmer who pays part of what he/she grows to the landowner.
sharecropper
What does it mean to secede?
To leave or separate from a group
After the war, the south set up a system of segregation.Who was being segregated?
African Americans
Why was the Red River War known to the Plains Indians as the Wrinkled Hand Chase?
Their hands were wrinkled from the cold and damp weather.
An effort to stop ships from going in or out of ports
blockade
African American soldiers who fought against the Plains Indians
Buffalo Soldiers
Who believed in slavery?
The time of rebuilding after the Civil War is referred to as what?
Reconstruction
How did the United States government protect settlers in Texas from raids byAmerican Indians?
The government sent soldiers to forts and built new forts.
People who wanted to end slavery
abolitionists
A group of soldiers who fight battles on horseback.
What is Cavalry
Which president issued the emancipation proclamation which freed slaves?
Abraham Lincoln
What amendment to the constitution outlawed slavery?
13th Amendment
How did the building of railroads to the west affect American Indians in Texas?
More Anglo American settlers claimed their land.