American Civil War
This War occurred from 1861 to 1865
What is the American Civil War
Because the men off to fight the war who had to take over running farms and doing work at home?
Who were the women.
Rebuilding of United States after the American Civil War
What is Reconstruction
A devastating hurricane occurred in this city in 1900. Was the worst disaster in U.S. history
Galveston
This individual did not want Texas to join the war.
Who is Sam Houston?
A cause of the Civil War, involved the belief that the states had the right to reject or refuse to follow a federal law
What is states rights
This was a terrible effect of the war on families
What are the deaths of thousands of soldiers
this amendment freed the slaves throughout the United States
What is the 13th Amendment
The discovery of oil at this Texas town caused an economic boom in Texas cities
What is Spindletop
Why did Sam Houston not want Texas to join the war?
He thought the Confederacy would lose and did not want to be on the losing side.
This means that a person only cares about the needs of their state or part of the country
What is sectionalism
This hurt the economy of most Southern States
What is destruction of towns and farms
this amendment made former slaves citizens of the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment
this closed the Texas Open range and helped end cattle drives
What is barbed wire.
This day celebrates the day that former slaves in Texas found out that they were free.
This was a tax on imports that hurt the south more than the North
What is a tariff
The war affected the food supply in this way.
What are shortages of coffee, medicine, clothing, salt, pepper etc.
This Amendment gave black men the rights to vote
What is the Fifteenth Amendment
This allowed ranchers to get water for their cattle without having to travel long distances
What are windmills
This is how some southern whites felt about African Americans gaining rights during reconstruction.
What is resentful?
The name of two sides in the American Civil War
What are Union and Confederacy
The war affected farming in this way.
What is a decrease in cotton production and increase in corn and wheat production?
This organization helped former slaves find jobs, provide shelter and food
What is the Freedmans Bureau
this man created this to make sure that the Railroads were being fair to customers
Who is James Hogg and what is the Texas Railroad Commission
These are laws that were passed to restrict the civil rights of African Americans during Reconstruction
What are black codes?