Civil War and Texas Reconstruction

What was the largest economic activity in Texas before the Civil War?

• Oil

• Agriculture

• Mining

• Fishing

What was the primary reason Texas chose to secede (go away from the U.S.)?

• Slavery

• Cattle

• Mining

• Low Wages

What main activity was prevented by the Union Blockade in the Gulf of Mexico?

• The import and export of goods with Mexico, including cotton

• The import and export of goods with Europe, including cotton

• The export of goods in America, including cotton

• The travel to and from Europe

What are these the results of?

(Complete the Graphic Organizer)

• Reconstruction

• 13th Amendment

• Civil War

• Emancipation Proclamation

• The Emancipation

  Proclamation

• Texas re-entering the Union

• The Confederate States of America

• Texas Reconstruction Act of 1866

After the Civil War, why did African Americans have annual gatherings where they dressed up and celebrated?

• to celebrate Texas Independence Day

• to Celebrate New Years Day

• to celebrate July 4th

• to celebrate their freedom on Juneteenth-

  June 19th

What replaced slavery and kept many African Americans in debt to landowners?

• Sharecropping

• Owning a small farm

• Emancipation

• Military Rule

What U.S. law gave all African Americans FREEDOM?

• 15th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

What provided Education, Clothing, Food, and Housing to African Americans in Texas after the end of slavery?

• The Ku Klux Klan

• Freedmen's Bureau

• The Emancipator's Bureau

• The Reconstruction Refugee Department

After the Civil War, what group formed that were against African Americans?

• The Ku Klux Klan

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• The Emancipator's

• The Texas Rangers