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Tx in Civil War
Social Studies Eric
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| farming | many people who came to Texas made their money by, crops were produced to sell |
| plantations | very large farms |
| African American slaves | many of the workers on the farms and plantations |
| 1 in every 4 people | in Texas by 1860 farms grew and so 1 of every 4 were slaves |
| issues that landowners in the South had | said they needed slaves to run their farms, they couldn't make money without them, they also thought all states should have the right to reject laws they didn't like |
| issues that people in the North had | said all humans should be free, they also believed all states should follow the nations's laws |
| Abraham Lincoln | president of the US in 1860, he did not believe in slavery |
| South Carolina | first southern state to secede or seperate from the US and 6 other states quickly followed |
| Texas seceded | on March 2, 1861 |
| Civil War | war between Northern and Southern states lasted for 4 bloody years. First shot was fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina |
| General Robert E Lee | main Confederate general |
| Ulysses S Grant | general of Union troops |
| women and other Texans | who didn't fight stayed at home and kept farms and businesses running and women made uniforms, blankets, tents, bandages |
| Union ships | blocked ships from coming into ports, the Gulf of Mexico |
| October 1862 | Union captured he port of Galveston Harbor, within months eh Confederates took it back |
| September 1863 | 4000 Union soldiers tried to capture the Sabine Pass |
| April 1865 | Confederacy surrendered |
| May 13, 1865 | last battle fought of the Civil War, Battle of Palmito Ranch near Brownsville |
| Emancipaton Proclamation | Abraham Lincoln issued this special order to put an end to most slavery in the US aybout 250 years after organized slavery began |
| 13th amendment | added to the constitution to make slavery illegal |
| June 19, 1865 | Gordon Granger, general of the Union army, announced in Texas that the war was over and slaves were free |
| June 19, 1866 - Juneteenth | Texas slaves gathered to sing songs and celebrate and give speeches and talked about how thankful they were for their freedom |
| Life in Tx after Slavery | life was hard, slaves had no education, they couldn't attend school or learn to read or write. It was hard for them to find jobs and were worried about where they would live. Life was difficult for years to come |
| Reconstruction | period of time after the Civil War that lasted more than 10 years. People had to rebuild the South and rebuild their lives |
| Freedmen's Bureau | US government decided to help newly freed people (African Americans) in 1865 to find jobs and homes |
| Sharecroppers | farmers who did not own their own land, they farmed someone elses. They gave a portion of their crop to the landowner as payment. They were able to stay in homes (shacks) and were provided tools, animals, and seeds that were needed |
| Drought, bad weather | because of this sharecroppers could not pay back landowners so they had to keep working until they could pay back their debt |
| March 30,1870 | Texas rejoined the US |
| Edmund Davis | became new governor when Texas once joined the US again |
Created by:
Caschenbeck
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