reconstruction in texas

What were the 'black codes'?

• laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
• laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans
• another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
• secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan

Prohibiting African Americans from serving on juries, testifying against whites in courts, or voting were all ______?

• black codes
• basis for the 13, 14 and 15th amendments
• inclusions to the new Texas Constitution of 1866
• laws that the Freedman's Bureau tried to abolish

What did the 13th Amendment do?

• Abolished slavery
• Gave African American men the right to vote
• defined national citizenship and forbade the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
• made it illegal for any state to secede

What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

• Slavery would be abolished
• The rights of the freed people would be protected
• African American could vote
• Women could vote

What did the 15th Amendment guarantee?

• Slavery is abolished
• Freed African Americans' rights are protected
• African American men can vote
• Women can vote

What is the primary reason why Sam Houston lost his job as Texas' governor?

• He opposed slavery and vowed not to fight again
• He swore an oath to the US Constitution and an oath to the Confederate States of America would violate that
• He refused to be part of a war he was convinced the Confederacy could never win
• He was convinced it was not in Texas' best interest to secede

The period of time following the Civil War in which the seceded states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union was called _______________ .

• Reconstruction
• Reformation
• Restitution
• Revolution

Which of these words means "changes or additions made to a formal document, such as a Constitution"? [hint: the U.S. added the 13th, 14th, and 15th of these during Reconstruction]

• amendment
• delegate
• popular sovereignty
• ratification

What did slaves and sharecroppers have in common?

• Both worked the land, and both had little chance to succeed
• Both were paid a small wage for the work they did
• Both were forced to work for landowners their entire lives
• Both were most often found working on potato farms

What "nickname" was given to the day that enslaved Texans were freed in 1865?

• Juneteenth
• Freedom Day
• Abolition Sunday
• Independence for Slaves