Texas After Civil War

What was the primary goal of the Reconstruction era in Texas?

• To punish the Southern states

• To build the Southern economy and society as part of the United States again.

• To expand the territory of the United States

• To establish new trade routes

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

When Pres. Lincoln created it, how did the Emancipation Proclamation impact the lives of enslaved people in Texas?

• It immediately freed all enslaved people in Texas

• It had no immediate effect because Texas was still under Confederate control

• It allowed enslaved people to vote

• It provided financial compensation to former slave owners

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially abolished slavery?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

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How did the Freedmen's Bureau assist newly freed African Americans in Texas?

• By providing land grants

• By offering education, training, tools, and legal assistance

• By relocating them to Northern states

• By giving them voting rights

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Discuss the role of sharecropping in the post-Civil War Texas economy.

• It was a system where landowners paid wages to workers

• It allowed former slaves to own land

• It was a system where farmers worked on land owned by others in exchange for a share of the crops

• It was a government program to redistribute land

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

What was one of the main purposes of the Black Codes enacted in Texas during Reconstruction?

• To promote racial equality

• To restrict the freedom of African Americans

• To encourage African American migration to the North

• To provide financial aid to former slaves

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What was the significance of the 15th Amendment for African Americans in Texas?

• It abolished slavery

• It granted African American men the right to vote

• It granted all adult African Americans the right to vote

• It allowed African Americans to own property

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