Civil War, Reconstruction, and A Growing State

What job did most slaves in Texas do on plantations?

• body guard
• teacher
• field worker
• nurse

Why did many Texan soldiers join the cavalry in the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• it paid more than the infantry
• they got to travel on ships
• they didn't fight in as many battles
• they were experienced in riding horses

Why did Texas have to rebuild its economy during Reconstruction?

• cotton wouldn't grow in the soil anymore
• they couldn't use enslaved workers to work in the fields
• the factories all shut down
• the banks were burned down during the war

What was a problem that freed slaves faced during Reconstruction?

• where to find a job
• how to leave the South
• how to plant more cotton
• where to open schools

What was one way the Freemen's Bureau helped African Americans in Texas?

• it provided transportation to bigger cities in the North
• it rented out land, tools, and supplies 
• it opened schools to educate freed slaves
• it made the plantation owners pay the freed slaves for their years of labor

What affect did the migration of Anglo Americans to Texas after the Civil War have on Texas?

• there weren't enough homes
• horses were first brought to Texas at this time
• the economy grew
• it fixed conflicts with American Indians

Why did the United States build more forts in Texas?

• to protect the settlers on the frontier
• to train the Buffalo soldiers
• to help the American Indians
• to invade Mexico

Why did the South feel the tariffs were unfair during the mid 1800s (before the Civil War)?

• they had to buy their goods from the North
• the tariffs made shipping cotton to Europe more expensive
• they had to pay higher tariffs to open their own factories
• the tariffs were only placed on cotton

How did the Civil War affect women in Texas?

• they had to work in factories
• they had to work for the government
• they had to fight in the battles
• they had to maintain the farms and ranches

What is Juneteenth?

• a celebration of the news that slaves in Texas were free
• a celebration of Abraham Lincoln becoming president
• a celebration of the surrender of Robert E Lee
• a celebration of Edmund Davis becoming governor