Civil War and Reconstruction - TX History

Question 1

Sam Houston

Answer 1

A Texas governor that was removed from office for not supporting seceding the union.

Question 2

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 2

The Union General during the Civil War, also ended reconstruction during his time as president

Question 3

Robert E. Lee

Answer 3

The Confederate General during the Civil War, surrendered to The Union when the capital got captured in April 9, 1865.

Question 4

Jefferson Davis

Answer 4

The President of the Confederacy

Question 5

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 5

The President of the Union during the civil War, was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth five days after the war, also issued the emancipation proclamation.

Question 6

Andrew Johnsen

Answer 6

president after Lincoln died issued presidential reconstruction

Question 7

What were the causes of the civil War?

Answer 7

SSTS - States Rights, Slavery, Tariffs, and Sectionalisim

Question 8

What did the Ordinance of Secession claim?

Answer 8

It claimed that the U.S. government was abusing her power.

Question 9

How did people in Texas secede?

Answer 9

People voted o it and the majority voted for secession.

Question 10

What was the first battle of the war?

Answer 10

The Battle of Fort Sumter

Question 11

Where did the Battle of Fort Sumter occur?

Answer 11

The confederates attacked South Carolina.

Question 12

Describe the Battle of Galveston.

Answer 12

It was a Naval battles where the Confederates won control of Galveston for the rest of the war, it temporarily disrupted the Union blockade, it allowed the south to get supplies.

Question 13

Describe the battle of Sabine Pass

Answer 13

Confederates successfully defended Texas when Union ships tried to go up the Sabine River. Over 3000 union soldiers were captured it prevented the north from attacking the inside of TX.

Question 14

describe the battle of Brownsville

Answer 14

The Union tried to cut off a confederate supply line through Matamoros. at first was won by the Union but confederates pushed the Union out of TX and kept the line open.

Question 15

describe the battle of Palmito Ranch

Answer 15

Last battle of the civil war fought a month after the war ended. it occurred on a ranch near Brownsville. Confederate reinforcements arrived and made the Union retreat.

Question 16

sectionalism

Answer 16

to focus on the interests of one’s region

Question 17

ordinance

Answer 17

a local law or place of legislation

Question 18

sovereign

Answer 18

free from outside control - self-governing

Question 19

Unionist

Answer 19

a person who supports the union cause during the Civil War

Question 20

conscription

Answer 20

the forced enrollment of people into military service

Question 21

blockade

Answer 21

using naval vessels to prevent shipment of food and supplies into or out of ports

Question 22

secede

Answer 22

to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to

Question 23

states rights

Answer 23

the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitutional powers.

Question 24

pardon

Answer 24

an official release from punishment for a crime

Question 25

freedmen

Answer 25

a formally enslaved person

Question 26

carpetbagger

Answer 26

a Northerner int the south working for a Reconstruction government

Question 27

scalawag

Answer 27

a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction

Question 28

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 28

a secret organization of white men formed after the Civil War that used violence and terror against African Americans.

Question 29

Juneteenth

Answer 29

the date celebrated as the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation Day for enslaved people in Texas.

Question 30

nullify

Answer 30

to cancel

Question 31

black codes

Answer 31

laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by southern governments after the Civil War.

Question 32

Radical Reconstruction/the Republican party

Answer 32

started after presidential reconstruction, wanted the South to have more punishment.

Question 33

African Americans during the war

Answer 33

they would usually join the Union forces in hopes that they would be freed at the end of the war.

Question 34

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 34

was issued on January 1, 1863, and it declared that ALL slaves in the South would be set free in the confederacy, also allowed African Americans to join the Union Army.

Question 35

What did women during the war do?

Answer 35

they served as nurses, sewed clothing, and gathered supplies for soldiers.

Question 36

13 th amendment

Answer 36

ended slavery but made it legal as punishment (prison)

Question 37

End of reconstruction

Answer 37

Ulysses S. Grant ended reconstruction. Reconstruction in TX ended on March 30, 1870.

Question 38

14 th amendment

Answer 38

anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen regardless of race. Gave equal rights to everyone.

Question 39

15th amendment

Answer 39

it gave all men the right to vote regardless of race.

Question 40

what happened in 1861?

Answer 40

Texas seceded from the U.S.