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Texas Hist Civil War

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13th Amendment abolished slavery
14th Amendment Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
15th Amendment Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race
1861‐1865 The American Civil War was a civil war that was fought in the United States.
abolish The act of getting rid of something like slavery.
Assassination murder of a public figure usually for political reasons
Battle of Galveston The Confederate Army recaptured this from Union forces under the command of John Magruder.
Battle of Palmito Ranch Last battle of Civil War fought in Texas after General Lee's surrender.
Battle of Sabine Pass Confederate victory in which the Davis Guards repulsed an invasion of Union gunboats near the Louisiana border.
Black Codes Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
blockade an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Carpetbaggers A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states
Civil War A war between people of the same country.
Confederate States of America A republic formed in February of 1861 and composed of the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States
Convict-Lease The system used by southern governments to furnish mainly African American prison labor to plantation owners and industrialists and to raise revenue for the states. In practice
economic effects War can have a dramatic impact on the economic situation of a country resulting in effects such as inflation or food rationing.
freedmen Enslaved people who had been freed by the war
Freedmen's Bureau Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom. It furnished food and clothing to needy blacks and helped them get jobs
Impeach To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
Juneteenth June 19th
Ku Klux Klan A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.
literacy test A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote
martial law Type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended.
Military District During Reconstruction
point of view the perspective from which a story is told
political effects The effect that government policy and its administrative practices can have on something.
political parties groups that help elect people and shape policies
poll tax A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
Radical Republicans After the Civil War
Reconstruction the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
Scalawag A derogatory term for Southerners who were working with the North to buy up land from desperate Southerners
secession the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
sectionalism Loyalty to one's own region of the country
Sharecropping A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
slavery A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people.
social effects The effect actions such as war
states' rights The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
tariffs Taxes on imported goods
Union During the American Civil War (1861-1865)
vagrant an idle wanderer; homeless.
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