history Flashcards
What is Juneteenth and why is it celebrated in Texas?
The day slaves were set free in Texas
What role did women play during the Civil War?
Sewing and providing food and care of the home
What is sharecropping?
farmers who lacked land and necessary supplies and thus promised a large part of their crop to the landowner in exchange for these items
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
government agency that provided help and legal aid to freedpeople
What were Black Codes?
Texas laws that denied African Americans’ civil rights
What did farmers in the south have to do once slavery was abolished?
It forced Texans to find new ways to develop crops.
During Reconstruction, a new constitution was written to give what to former slaves?
African American men were given the right to vote
What industry grew in Texas after the Civil War?
Cattle / Ranching
Who protected the frontier after the Civil War?
Buffalo Soldiers
Who was the last chief of the Comanches who’s mom was an anglo settler?
Quanah Parker
Which city was forced to surrender when a Union fleet sailed into the Gulf of Mexico in 1862?
Galveston (Battle of Galveston)
Which battle prompted a withdrawal of Union forces due to a Confederate victory over a fleet of federal ships in 1863?
Battle of Sabine Pass
Which battle was the site of one of the final Civil War battles that took place a month after the Confederate forces surrendered?
Battle of Palmito Ranch
Why did a battle occur in Texas after the Civil War had ended?
Slow communications due to how far away near Brownsville is where it took place.
Who was Thomas Greene?
key Confederate officer who rose to the rank of brigadier general, hero of the Battle of Galveston
Who was John Bell Hood?
Military officer of the Confederate States of America
Who was John Magruder?
Military officer of the confederacy in charge at the Battle of Galveston
Where was the Battle of Palmito Ranch fought?
Brownsville along the Rio Grande
What year did Texas join the Confederacy?
1861
How did Sam Houston feel about secession?
Against it, warned the south would lose if they went to war
Who warned Texans that they would not win a war fought against the north?
Sam Houston
What did most Texans feel about their economy in regards to slavery?
They believed slavery was vital to their economy.
What major event led Texas to want to secede from the Union?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president.
…the North perhaps is and has been infringing on Southern rights, but what can the South do to better the matter by withdrawing from the Union. There cannot in my opinion be any good result from such a procedure.
The author was writing this to prevent what?
Civil War
