Conflict with Mexico
What did Mexico think their border was with the Republic of Texas?
Nueces River
Why were people immigrating into Texas?
For cheap land, labor, and new opportunities.
1861
Why is Juneteenth a Texas holiday?
It is the day that slaves freed in Texas.
What did Texas agriculture begin to depend on after the Civil War?
Sharecropping
What treaty was signed at the end of Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Why were the African American immigrants the majority immigrant group in Texas?
The illegal slave trade
When I refused to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederate States of America, I was replaced as governor of Texas. Who am I?
Sam Houston
How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?
Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy.
Why were groups formed to help minorities during the Reconstruction?
These groups were formed to provide healthcare, education, and food for these minorities with new freedoms.
Which event led to the U.S. acquiring land from Mexico and allowed them to reach their manifest destiny?
The Mexican Cession
What continent did the majority of immigrants willingly immigrate from?
Europe
The election of President Lincoln.
What were Texas women requried to do during the Civil War?
Women had to take on more responsibilites.
Which major freedom were African Americans given with the Texas Constitution of 1876?
Texas and Mexico never set a border and Mexico never recognized Texas as an independent nation.
With immigration increasing in Texas what conflict is going to arise?
Conflicts with the Natives for the land.
Texas Governor Sam Houston _______ secession during the Civil War, but the secession convention voted _______.
Texas Governor Sam Houston did not support secession during the Civil War, but the secession convention voted to secede.
During this battle of the Civil War, the Union Navy blockaded Texas ports, but the battle ended in the Confederate army retaking control.
The Battle of Galveston
What four standards did Texas have to meet before being readmitted into the Union?
- End slavery
- Declare secession illegal
- Set up temporary governments
- Adult white males take an oath of loyalty to the U.S.
Where did the U.S. set their southern border with Mexico?
The Rio Grande River
What ends up happening to the Texas Native population with the immigration?
The Natives are pushed out of Texas and onto reservations
How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?
Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy.
Even after the Civil War ended, fighting raged on in Texas because --
News about the end of the war traveled slowly.
Southern states pass Black Codes, Texas Constitution of 1866 is adopted, Freedman's Bureau is created.
Effects of the Texas Reconstruction