1. Reconstruction
Texas

2. Confederate states will not have to.
The end of the Civil War did not end the conflict that Americans were having with each other about States’ Rights and slavery. Reconstruction was a period to help the North and South heal and transition former slaves into the mainstream, but with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the objective will change. The goal will be to punish the South and liberate former slaves but with little direction. Texas will be affected like the rest of the South but because of its geographical location, economically, socially, and politically Texas will face a turning point in its history and issues that other former
Confederate states will not have to.

3. Reconstruction
The federal government’s plan to restore the South to Union after the Civil War.

4. Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all slaves

5. If you believe the statement is correct, stand up.
Step Up Game
If you believe the statement is correct, stand up.

6. Reconstruction was period of time after the Civil War when southern
states would be admitted back into the Union.
YES

7. YES The Freedmen’s Bureau was an agency to help former slaves
transition from slavery to freedom.
YES

8. Most Texans who worked the ranches and cattle drives after the Civil
War were Anglos.
(No – Mexican and African-Americans)

9. During Reconstruction, steamboats continued to be the most reliable
type of transportation in Texas.
(No – Railroads)

10. (No – the day Texas slaves found out they were no longer slaves)
Juneteenth is the day that former slaves were given their right to vote
across the U.S

11. Freedmen‘s Towns were areas of land owned by groups of former
slaves.
(Yes)

12. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are known as the Reconstruction
(Yes)

13. The 13th Amendment ended slavery.
(Yes)

14. Texas had to ratify the Reconstruction Amendments to be readmitted
back into the Union.
(Yes)

15. Edmund J. Davis was the last Republican governor of Texas for almost
100 years.
(Yes)

16. Manufacturing was the most important industry in Texas until the end
of the 20th century.
(No – Agriculture)

17. the same constitution Texans
The Constitution of 1876 is
the same constitution Texans
follow today.
(Yes)

18. Native Americans became farmers during Reconstruction.
(No – Fought Texas settlers)

19. Black Codes were laws to help former slaves become citizen.
(No- Segregated blacks from whites by law)

20. Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction
Admit Southern states back into the Union ASAP
End slavery
Declare secession illegal
All adult white males had to take an oath of loyalty to the Union

21. Congressional Plan for Reconstruction
North thought it was too easy on the South
Texas did not approve the 13th and 14th amendments
The South was under the Army’s control
Adult white males had to take an Ironcald Oath to vote – (swear they never voluntarily supported the Confederacy)
South resented Congress

22. Southerners who supported Reconstruction
Scalawags (rascal)
Southerners who supported Reconstruction

23. Northern outsiders who moved to Texas after the Civil War
Carpetbagger
Northern outsiders who moved to Texas after the Civil War

24. POLITICAL EFFECTS OF RECONSTRUCTION
• Juneteenth – Texas slaves are officially freed by General Gordan Granger on June 19, 1865.
• Passing of the Reconstruction amendments
• 13th Amendment – abolished slavery
• 14th Amendment – Blacks were citizens.
• 15th Amendment – All men were guaranteed the right to vote.
• Johnson’s Plan – creation of a provisional government
• Andrew J. Hamilton becomes the provisional governor and quickly implements Johnson’s Plan.
• Constitutional Convention of 1866 – refused to ratify 13th Amendment
• Creation of “Black Codes” which were laws that prohibited freedmen full citizenship

25. • Reconstruction Acts – Radical Republicans took control of
• Reconstruction Acts – Radical Republicans took control of Congress and passed laws that restructured the South into military districts.
• Ironclad Oath – In order to vote, adult white males in the South had to take an “ironclad oath” which stated that they never voluntarily supported the Confederacy.
•Davis Administration – a controversial governor that passed laws that Democrats called “the obnoxious acts” which declared martial law, created a state police, and increased spending and the debt.
• Constitution of 1876 resulted in a weaker governor’s office because of the Constitutions of 1866 and 1869
• 100 years of Democratic party rule in Texas

26. ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF RECONSTRUCTION
• Shortage of free labor
• Inadequate production in agriculture and business
• Transportation disrupted; growth of tenant farming and sharecropping
• Texas did not suffer as much destruction as other Southern states.

27. SOCIAL EFFECTS OF RECONSTRUCTION
• June 19th or Juneteenth celebrated by freed slaves; is now a state holiday
• Freedmen’s Bureau established – provided food, shelter, and medicine for freedmen and, most importantly, opened the first schools for blacks in Texas; For more than 100 years, such schools were in operation in Texas.
• Control of public schools was returned to local authorities.
• Jim Crow laws became a feature of Southern
segregation.
• Immigration to Texas increased.

28. Take out a sheet of paper and number 1 -15.

29. 1. Reconstruction was period of time after the Civil War when southern states would be admitted back into the Union.
2. The Freedmen’s Bureau was an agency to help former slaves transition from slavery to freedom.
3. Most Texans who worked the ranches and cattle drives after the Civil War were Anglos.
4. During Reconstruction, steamboats continued to be the most reliable type of transportation in Texas.

30. 5. Juneteenth is the day that former slaves were given their right to vote across the U.S.
6. Freedmen‘s Towns were areas of land owned by groups of former slaves.
7. NO
8. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are known as the Reconstruction Amendments.
9. The 13th Amendment ended slavery.

31. 10. Texas had to ratify the Reconstruction Amendments to be readmitted back into the Union.
11. Edmund J. Davis was the last Republican governor of Texas for almost 100 years.
12. Manufacturing was the most important industry in Texas until the end of the 20th century.
13. The Constitution of 1876 is the same constitution Texans follow today.
14. Native Americans became farmers during Reconstruction.

32. 15. Black Codes were laws to help former slaves
become citizen.