UIL TX Reconstruction

-document that declared secession illegal and ended slavery, but didn't make slavery illegal
-gave legislature power to levy a school tax and build separate school for black children
-had to be rewritten when it didn't do enough to change

• Texas Constitution of 1866
• Declaration of Causes
• Texas Constitution of 1876

What did Southern states put in place during Reconstruction that was meant to limit the rights of African Americans and prevent their full participation in society? 

• the Freedmen's Bureau
• black codes

agency designed to help former slaves get jobs, an education, healthcare, etc. after the Civil War

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• the Freedmen's Bureau

When Texas first rewrote its constitution during Reconstruction, it did not ratify the 13th and 14th amendments. What did each of these amendments guarantee?

• 13th: African American males could vote
  14th: slavery abolished
• 13th: abolished slavery
  14th: granted citizenship to African Americans

Group of congressmen who decided that Texas was not doing enough to change during Reconstruction. They advocated for complete equality of African Americans.

• Democrats
• Radical Republicans

During Radical Reconstruction, Texas's statehood was revoked and it was put under military government led by ________ until a new constitution was ratified that gave African Americans the right to vote and hold public office.

• Jefferson Davis
• General Philip H. Sheridan

During Reconstruction, all white males were required to make an "Ironclad Oath" in order to vote. Very few white Texans could vote because of it. What did the Ironclad Oath involve?

• had to swear that they never voluntarily supported the Confederacy
• had to swear that if they voted for secession the first time, they would never support it again.

What did Confederates nickname the Ironclad Oath due to its unpopularity?

• The Amnesty Oath
• The Damnesty Oath

The Texas Constitution of 1869 was patterned after those of the northern states. It provided a ____ and a provision that required all students to go to school.

• strong central government
• weak central government
• no central government

-became governor of Texas when President Ulysses S. Grant approved the new Texas Constitution and Texas was readmitted to the Union on March 30, 1870

• Sam Houston
• Edmund J. Davis