Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas

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What is the name of a change to the constitution?

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amendment

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What holiday celebrates the day Texas slaves found out they were free?

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Juneteenth

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What is the name of the period following the Civil War?

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reconstruction

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What set of laws that limited the rights continued to be enforced even after slaves were freed?

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Jim Crow laws

Front

What do you call keeping people separated based on skin color?

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segregation

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Who announced to Texas that slaves had to be free and the Civil War was over?

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General Granger

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What group worked to help former slaves to find a place to live and get work?

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The Freedman's Bureau

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The Freedman's Bureau did all of the following EXCEPT: opened schools, found jobs, provided food and clothing

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published phone books

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What did the 13th amendment do?

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abolish slavery

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What did the 14th amendment do?

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equal rights for citizens