TX during the Civil War and Reconstruction

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Across
  1. 2. Same Houston was removed as _________ of TX after his refusal to swear and oath to the Confederacy
  2. 6. The ____________ amendment gave all males the right to vote regardless of race
  3. 7. Final battle of the Civil War
  4. 11. and the South felt they had a right to secede because of __________
  5. 12. City that was forced to surrender when a Union fleet sailed into the Gulf of Mexico in 1862
  6. 13. the Civil War, southern states adopted ____________ to limit the impact of the Reconstruction (13th,14th,15th) Amendments
  7. 15. The ______________ amendment abolished the institution of slavery
  8. 16. Most former enslaved African Americans in Texas began making a living as _______
Down
  1. 1. South's economy = agriculture and North's economy = industry. This is an example of _______
  2. 3. the 13,14,15 amendments were passed during the _______________ era of TX History.
  3. 4. The demand for food crops ___________ during the Civil War
  4. 5. The ______________ amendment completed the main goal of abolitionists
  5. 8. the era Texas legislators voted to secede from the U.S. and join the Confederacy
  6. 9. The _____________ amendment led to the election of the first black congressional representatives
  7. 10. ____________ is the principle (idea) that power is shared between different levels of government
  8. 14. The ____________ amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the U.S.