Astros
a white southerner who supported the Lincoln and Reconstruction after the Civil War
a scalawag
carpetbaggers, scalawags, KKK were ______ effects of Reconstruction
social
former Texas governor who did not want Texas to secede from the US
Sam Houston
a Union general who became president in 1868
Ulysses S. Grant
the population of black slaves increased due to an increase in what industry
cotton
sharecropping, tenant farming, bonds and taxes were _____ effects of Reconstruction
economical
the name of the period of time following the Civil War
Reconstruction Era
the holiday celebrating the end of slavery in Texas
Juneteenth
this was a result of the lack of crop rotation
soil exhaustion
racial segregation and discrimination were due to ________
Jim Crow Laws
a northerner who moved to the south for personal financial gain
carpetbagger
speech that Abraham Lincoln issued in 1863 to free all slaves in the rebelling states
Emancipation Proclamation
war that lasted from 1861-1865
Civil War
the last battle of the Civil War
Battle of Palmito Ranch
a person who is in favor of putting an end to slavery or capital punishment
abolitionist
14th
the south had to ______ secession according to the Presidential Plan
nullify
amendment that gave black men the right to vote
15th
1865-1877
Reconstruction Era
Radical Republicans felt that ______________ should lead Reconstruction.
Congress
President Johnson was ______ because he wanted to make it easy on the South.
impeached
amendment that abolished slavery
13th
laws restricting the rights of African Americans
Black Codes
after the Civil War, many former slaves and poor white people had to become _________ or ____________
tenant farmers and sharecroppers
showing loyalty to the North or the South
sectionalism