Chapter 15-16 Texas History Review

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Chapter 15-16Texas History Review

• Questions and Answers

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