Immigrants
What was the reason(s) immigrants from other countries came to settle in Texas?
What is land, opportunities, or to escape problems from their own countries
Cause=Cotton business boomed in Texas
Effect=Slavery increased due to need for labor
How many years did the Civil War last?
4 years (1861-1865)
What was the cause of the Reconstruction Era?
The Civil War- cities, forts, and farms had been destroyed and slavery was over
a farmer who pays part of what he or she grows to the landowner (for example African American farmers who had just gained their liberty)
What countries did the first immigrants come from?
United States, Mexico, Poland, Czec Republic..
Cause=Southern states disagreed with Abraham Lincoln's idea to abolish slavery
Effect= Southern States left the Union (United States) and joined the Confederacy
Where were the first shots of the Civil War shot?
At Fort Sumter, a Union fort in South Carolina
What did the now free African Americans gain besides their freedom during the Reconstruction Era?
The Freedmen's Bureau which gave them food, clothes, and helped them find places to work and live
Define Juneteenth
A celebration of June 19th due this date being the day African Americans found out the civil war was over and slavery ended
What did immigrant contribute to Texas?
labor, mixture of cultures, population, businesses...
Cause= The Measebach-Comanche Treaty claimed Texas territory free to settle in instead of leaving it to the Comanches who claimed that was their hunting land
Effect= Comanches relocated and immigrants settled in the land creating towns and businesses
Who was the president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
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Define abolitionist
What is the definition of immigrants?
People that leave their countries and settle in a foreign country for a specific reason
Cause= Tensions between North US states and South US states arose due to slavery and economic disadvantages
Effect=Civil War
Who were the two main leaders of the armies? (Union and Confederate)
Union- General Ulysses S Grant, Confederate- General Robert E Lee
New state constitutions had to be created during the Reconstruction Era (True or False)
True
Define secede
To officially leave or separate from a group like Texas did from the Union when they joined the Confederacy
What was the name of the treaty that resulted in a large number of Native Americans leaving Texas, resulting in acres of land available for immigrants to settle in?
The Meusebach-Comanche Treaty
Cause= The Union defeated the Confederacy at the end of the Civil War
Effect= Slavery ended
What era came after the Civil War in result of all the battles that took place?
The Reconstruction Era
Segregation- southern states created a system of segregation and formed hateful groups like the KKK
Confederacy
A group of 11 southern states that left the Union do to their belief in keeping slavery