Texas During the Civil War and Reconstruction

To withdraw from a nation or state to be independent

• abolish

• secede

• emancipation

Process of rebuilding the Union with the readmission of southern states

• Blockade

• Civil War

• Abolitionist

• Reconstruction

A farmer who pays part of what he or she grows to a landowner

• secede

• abolitionist

• sharecropper

• confederacy

What does reconstruction mean?

• When the Texans created a new constitution after joining the U.S.A.
• A time of great economic, political, and social success
• A time of rebuilding and change
• When you get surgery to change something about yourself

What were sharecroppers?

• Farmers who shared their crops with people who were less fortunate.
• Farmers who payed part of what they grew to the landowner.
• Land that people could farm on 
• Crops that people farmed during the Reconstruction Era

What exactly is "Juneteenth?"

• A celebration when all enslaved Texans found out they were free on June 19th 
• When Texas seceded from the Union on June 19th
• When the Civil War ended on June 19th 
• When Lincoln was assassinated on June 19th

Once African Americans were free from slavery, they lived easy lives and were treated fairly.

• True
• False

Who was the president of the Union?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Ulysses S. Grant
• George Washington

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Theodore Roosevelt

What side did Texas swear allegiance to in the Civil War?

• The Union
• The Confederacy
• The North