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Today’s TEKS…. 7.6A  identify significant individuals, events, and issues from Reconstruction through the beginning of the 20th century, including the factors leading to the expansion of the Texas frontier, the effects of westward expansion on American Indians, the buffalo soldiers, and Quanah Parker Activity Fold a white sheet of copy paper into thirds so you have 6 sections, front and back. In each section, write the topic and notes on the left. Draw an illustration on the right.

Freedman’s Bureau The Freedman’s Bureau began in Texas in September 1865 under the command of Maj. Gen. Edgar M. Gregory. The bureau was charged with overseeing all matters concerning refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands, but its principal role was helping the new freedmen make the transition from slavery to freedom.

What did the slaves do? Most slaves had nowhere to go, so they stayed on the plantations and worked for low pay or sharecropped. Slave labor was replaced with the sharecropping system which kept African Americans in poverty and subservience to white male landowners.

Black Codes Texas and other former Confederate states enacted Black Codes which restricted African Americans and severely limited their rights.

Buffalo Soldiers Buffalo Soldiers were African American soldiers who were in the 9th and 10th Cavalry, as well as in the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments stationed in Texas.

They were former enslaved people who fought during the Indian Wars They were former enslaved people who fought during the Indian Wars. American Indians gave them this nickname for their bravery.

Indian Wars Indian Wars, pushed tribes in Texas off of their land, and ended in death, imprisonment or surrender for a series of Native American leaders. Both the Apaches and Comanches were expelled from the state.

Quanah Parker Quanah Parker was the last Chief of the Comanches and skilled warrior. He eventually surrendered after evading capture by the U.S. cavalry. He assimilated to American culture and influenced other American Indians to do the same.