Texas Reconstruction

Which of the following actions can be added to the chart?

• hand over state land to the federal government

• accept the Thirteenth Amendment for abolishing slavery

• accept a new governor chosen by President Lincoln

• regulate the African American's right to vote

What was the main purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• extend equal protection of the law to all citizens

• ended slavery in the United States

• ended Reconstruction

• granted all male U.S. citizens the right to vote

Complete the sentence by selecting the correct answer.

Slavery in the United States was ended by the _______________.

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Thirteenth Amendment

Which of the following was included in the Texas Constitution of 1869?

• All states had to adopt the constitution to be part of the Union.

• The judicial branch had more power than the other branches.

• The governor had less power than before the Civil War.

• Texas created a public education system.

What is a carpetbagger?

• a clerk at the Freedmen’s Bureau

• someone who refused to send children to a segregated school

• a northerner who went to the South looking for a chance to make money

• a clause that made it more difficult for African Americans to vote

One of the stumbling blocks for Texas was the requirement to approve the Reconstruction Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Identify the three Amendments:

• ended slavery

• Thirteenth Amendment:

• U.S. citizenship for African Americans

• Fifteenth Amendment:

• right to vote for African American men

• Fourteenth Amendment:

What did Texas have to do in order to re-enter the Union? There may be more than one correct answer.

• hand over state land to the federal government

• elect a new state government

• regulate the African Americans’ rights to vote

• accept the Thirteenth Amendment of abolishing slavery

The period of rebuilding after the Civil War is called _______.

• Reconstruction

• Open Range

• Constitution

• Revolution

What were the years of Reconstruction in the United States?

• 1861-1865

• 1865-1877

• 1776-1781

• 1846-1848

What did Texas have to fulfill to rejoin the United States? Select the THREE correct choices.

• Pledge loyalty to the United States

• Approve the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments

• Nullify succession

• Debate whether or not slavery should still be allowed in Texas