Texas and the Civil War Vocab

This word means to get rid of something.

• abolish
• reconstruction
• emancipation

This word describes the month and day Texas was informed that the Civil War was over and the Union won.

• abolish
• Juneteenth
• emancipation

This word means to be freed.

• emancipation
• abolish
• secede

This word means to break away from.

• abolish
• secede
• emancipation

This word means a law that determines what certain people can and cannot do.

• abolish
• emancipation
• segregation

This word is the name given to the Southern states during the Civil War. (including Texas)

• secede
• Confederacy
• abolition 

Texas was ________ slavery.

• for
• against

After being freed, African Americans had an easy life and the same rights as everyone else in the United States.

• True
• False

What percentage of African Americans living in Texas were slaves before and during the Civil War?

• 90% (9 out of 10)
• 30% (3 out of 10)
• 50% (5 out of 10)

Juneteenth is still celebrated today.

• True
• False