Reconstruction in Texas

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

The 15th Amendment 

• Freed the slaves
• Gave all people born in the US (not Indians) citizenship. 
• Gave all men the right to vote
• Gave all people the right to vote

The Texas Constitution had to be re-written three times, why? 

• Because Texans gave everyone too much freedom. 
• Because Texans tried leaving women out of politics
• Because Texans denied rights to former slaves
• Because Texans just wanted to make the Constition better

Southern states passed the codes described in this excerpt in order to...

• Limit the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments
• Increase the labor supply for factory jobs in the North
• Decrease the number of northern representatives in Congress
• Improve relations with the Democratic Party

This list describes conditions found in 

• Texas after the Texas Revolution Era
• Texas during the Mexican National Era
• Texas during the Age of Contact
• Texas during the Reconstruction Era

The above image represents

• How the Freedman's Bureau gave rights to former slaves
• Violence and intimidation towards former slaves
• Cooperation between former slaves and masters
• The view of the North towards Reconstruction 

The picture shows the routine of sharcropping, this led to a cycle of...

• Prosperity for former slaves
• Debt and poverty for former slaves
• Ups and downs depending on the free market
• Nothing important

What system replaced slavery but did not help former slaves? 

• Property ownership
• Sharecropping/Tenant farming
• Industrial jobs in new factories 
• Manufacturing 

This Act (law) placed the South under control of the Union Army to ensure that rights would not be denied to former slaves. 

• Presidential Reconstruction Act
• Congressional Reconstruction Act
• I was not paying attention during class Act
• Military Reconstruction Act