The Civil War and Reconstruction

What is the day all African American slaves were officially set free?

• Juneteenth (June 19th)

• Independence Day (July 4th)

• Texas Independence Day (March 2nd)

• Julyteenth (July 17th)

What did the 15th Amendment guarantee?

• Slavery is abolished

• Freed African Americans' rights are protected

• African American men can vote

• Women can vote

The 14th Amendment ______ all slavery and conditions of slavery in the United  States.  

• continued

• abolished

• stalled

• reinstated

After the Civil War, what crops were produced in Texas?  

• apples, oranges, and grapes  

• corn, cotton, and cabbage

• corn, cotton, and wheat

• oranges, corn, and wheat

Sharecroppers were farmers ___________.  

• who owned their own land

• who shared someone else’s land

• who shared their own land

• who did not own their own land

In which year did Texas secede from the Union?

• 1859

• 1860

• 1861

• 1862

Who fought in the Civil War?

• East and West

• North and South

• US and Europe

• Rocky and Bullwinkle

The new name of the seceded states was the

• Confederate States of America

• Minute Men

• the Forty-Niners

• Union

Which part of America wanted to SECEDE?

• North

• South

• East

• West

What does it mean to SECEDE? Why did the South want to do that?