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- 3. Reconstruction officially ended in the U.S. when ____ was elected president through A deal made between southern Democrats and Republicans allowing for the removal of all troops and Reconstruction acts of the South.
- 5. The Radical Republican Governor of Texas during Reconstruction who lost in an unconstitutional election to Democrat Richard Coke.
- 7. A northerner who moved down to the south following the Civil War
- 9. Top General for the Union during the CW and The second president during Reconstruction, who served for 8 years.
- 12. Being more loyal to a section or part of a whole, rather than the whole
- 17. Last battle of the CW. Occurred more than a month after surrender had been made by Lee. Confederate victory. Happens in south Texas
- 18. Irish unit that defeated the Union at the Battle of Sabine Pass
- 19. The governor that General Sheridan replaced Throckmorton with following his removal from office.
- 20. The young, inexperienced lieutenant who took on the Union Navy with only 45 Irish troops called the Davis Guards. He beat 5000 Union soldiers during the Battle of Sabine Pass and kept Union troops out of Texas.
- 23. Single deadliest day in American History--Union victory
- 24. The Confederate General who was in charge of the Battle of Galveston
- 26. The second highest ranking Confederate officer during the entire war. Was from Texas (not born there, but considered Texan) and was killed when shot in leg through boot and bled out in battle
- 27. taxes on imports and exported goods
- 31. nickname of the northerners
- 32. A system following the Civil War, in which poor people would be “hired” by farmers for work; however, they had to pay for and bring all their own supplies and even the seeds. They would get half of the share of crops they produced at the end of the season. They would basically become slaves to their jobs because they would go into to debt supplying everything and didn’t make enough each year to pay it off.
- 33. The steamboats that transported cotton through waterways during the CW. In Battle of Galveston, the Confederates disguised several of them with large bales of cotton and hid behind them to surprise the enemy
- 35. Texas still uses the 1876 version of this today
- 37. number of phases of Reconstruction
- 38. President of the Confederacy
- 40. Turning point of the war in favor of the North
- 41. Texas governor during the Civil War--replaced Houston after Houston kicked out
- 43. Rough and tough Texas Ranger who led the Confederate victory during the last battle of the civil war--Palmito Ranch
- 45. Leader of the one of some of the best troops in the Civil War. His unit was called Hood’s Texas Brigade, because it was made up of Texas soldiers. He tried to counter Sherman’s “March to the Sea,” but was unable to stop him
- 49. The war secretary under Andrew Johnson, whom was fired by Johnson
- 50. A southerner who, for personal economic gain, supported Reconstruction in the south
- 51. The right to vote
- 53. First major battle of the CW--won by the Confederacy; Confederate Battle flag formed here
- 54. Major Confederate victory--retook port of Galveston from the Union and prevented a major Union invasion of Texas for rest of the war
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- 1. Texan who was chosen to be the Postmaster General of the Confederacy
- 2. one of the phases of reconstruction
- 4. Key victory for the North--cut Confederate Army in two and denied them further use of the Mississippi River for the remainder of the war
- 6. First battle of the Civil War--won by the Confederacy
- 8. The period of rebuilding the nation following the Civil War. It will last for 12 years (1865-1877)
- 10. The officer put in charge of Military District 5 during reconstruction, which included Texas and Louisiana
- 11. The challenger to Governor Davis, who supposedly won by more than two times the amount of votes. His party (the Democrats), stormed the Texas Capitol and refused to give up the seat. Ultimately he held out and kept the Governorship
- 13. A governor of Texas during Reconstruction, who was removed from office by General Sheridan because he refused to ratify the 14th amendment
- 14. To leave or withdraw from (as in a country or state etc)
- 15. Amendment that banned slavery
- 16. Legalized segregation during the period of Reconstruction and after
- 21. was removed as Texas governor because he refused to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.
- 22. Commanded Texas troops in some of the earliest battles of the war. Took place in the southwest U.S. (New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado etc)
- 23. Ways to keep the former slaves under control following their freedom from slavery
- 25. District that Texas belonged to during reconstruction along with Louisiana
- 28. Top general of the south during the CW
- 29. Amendment that gave suffrage for all U.S. males above the age of 18
- 30. Where the Civil war ended when Lee surrendered to Grant
- 33. A way the south tried to force Europe to join its side during the CW. They were hoping to get their support by withholding cotton exports to them. It wasn’t successful
- 34. One of the Confederate officers who led a cottonclad during the Battle of Galveston
- 36. the other phase of reconstruction
- 39. The General who sailed into Galveston on June 19th, 1865 to formally announce the freedom of all slaves in Texas
- 42. Number of years reconstruction lasted
- 44. Amendment that Gave equal rights and due process
- 46. Lincoln’s democratic Vice President who took over after his assassination. He led the first part of Reconstruction and was impeached (but not removed) for trying to fire his war secretary (Edwin Stanton) without congressional approval.
- 47. The process in which charges are brought up against an executive official (like a president) to try them for a crime. It does not mean they will be removed from office--only if ⅔ majority is reached in the Congressional vote to remove.
- 48. President of the Union
- 52. nickname of the southerners