Chapter 7 Lesson 2: Reconstruction

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What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution do?

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It outlawed slavery throughout the United States.

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What news did General Granger bring to Galveston on June 19, 1865?

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That all enslaved Texans were free under the law of the United States.

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Why do Texans celebrate Juneteenth on June 19?

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That's the date in 1865 when enslaved Texans first learned they were free.

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How did the Freedom's Bureau help African American children? Options: It helped them find jobs. It allowed them to go any school of their choice. It allowed them to vote. It helped create schools.

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It helped create schools.

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How many schools did the Freedman's Bureau start in Texas?

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About 150

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What is a sharecropper?

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a farmer who pays part of what he or she grows to a landowner.

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What political changes did Texas have to make to rejoin the United States?

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Texas had to write a new constitution and create a new state government.

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Who was Matthew Gaines, and what did he do?

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He was an African American Texan who helped set up the new state government and was elected to the Texas Senate in 1869.

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What did the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution provide?

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the end of slavery and the protected rights for former slaves and all African Americans

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What do the flags on the timeline represent?

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the six nations that claimed, at different times, the land that today is Texas