Chapter 15-16 Texas History Review Questions and Answers
What is the forced enrollment of people into military service?
Conscription
What was the period in which new governments were organized in the Southern States after the Civil War?
Reconstruction
What did the proclamation that General Granger issued on June 19, 1865 say?
All enslaved people were free
What is the meaning of nullify?
Cancel
What was the purpose of the Freedman’s Bureau?
Assisted newly freed African Americans in the South
How long was it before many African Americans learned of emancipation?
2 years
What were some of the problems during Reconstruction?
Money scarce Many African Americans were without food or shelter Differences between North and South continued
What 2 amendments did the Texas legislature refuse to ratify?
13th and 14th Amendments
What were the provisions of the 13th and 14th Amendments?
Freed the slaves and gave them citizenship
What is the meaning of ratify?
Approve
What were black codes?
Laws limiting the rights of African Americans after the Civil War
Who pushed for stricter standards for admitting the Southern states back into the Union?
Radical Republicans
What oath did Southerners have to take before they could vote?
Ironclad Oath
What did most former Confederates think about the Radical Reconstruction Plan?
Too harsh
The Senate failed by one vote to convict President Johnson; he remained President but what happened to his influence?
Lost most of his influence
What were white southerners who supported reconstruction called?
Scalawags
What were northerners who came South during Reconstruction called?
Carpetbaggers
What political party used violence and threats to prevent African Americans from voting?
Democratic
On March 30, 1870 what proclamation did President Ulysses S. Grant sign?
Proclamation ending Reconstruction in Texas
What political party were African Americans most likely to support?
Republican
Texas had largely been spared the destruction suffered by __________
Most of the South during the Civil War
The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 did what?
Freed slaves in Confederate states
Who set strict standards for admitting Southern states back into the Union?
Radical Republicans
How many Texans served in the Confederate military?
60,000
Despite Union blockades of its ports, Texans continued to ship cotton to Europe through where?
Mexico
Why did the Union want to gain control of Galveston?
It was an important port
From what city did Union forces launch an invasion of Texas?
New Orleans
What battle ended Union plans to launch a major campaign against Texas?
Battle of Sabine Pass
What sacrifices were the Texans forced to make during the war?
Wore homespun clothes, used coffee substitutes and tea, stopped publishing newspapers, did without medicines and hospital supplies
What were some of jobs women held during the Civil War?
Worked on farms, were nurses, made uniforms, taught, became shopkeepers and drivers
Where was the last battle of the Civil War?
Palmito Ranch
The North’s victory in the Civil War meant ________
The Union was preserved
How many people died as a result of the Civil War?
More than 600,000