Unit 8 Study Guide: Pre-AP 2015 Civil War and Reconstruction Era (Ch. 15 & 16)

Expectations of the Student/Essential Questions

 Identify the Civil War and Reconstruction Era of Texas History and define its characteristics

 Explain the significance of 1861

 Explain reasons for the involvement of Texas in the Civil War such as states’ rights, slavery, secession, and tariffs

 Analyze the political, economic, and social effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas

 Identify significant individuals and events concerning Texas and the Civil War such as John Bell Hood, John Reagan, Francis Lubbock, Thomas Green, John Magruder and the Battle of Galveston, the Battle of Sabine Pass, and the Battle of Palmito Ranch

 Identify different points of view of political parties and interest groups on important Texas issues

Essential Topics of Significance Essential People  (5) Causes of Civil War  Food shortages/  John Wilkes Booth  Robert E. Lee substitutes  Union vs. Conf. advantages  Jefferson Davis  Abraham Lincoln  Appomattox Courthouse  TX Secession Convention  Dick Dowling  Francis Lubbock  State government collapse  Fort Sumter  “Juneteenth”  John S. Ford  John Magruder  Battle of Galveston  Freedmen’s Bureau  Ulysses S. Grant  Pendleton Murrah  Battle of Sabine Pass  (3) Recons. Plans  Battle of Brownsville  Thomas Green  Elisha M. Pease  (3) Recons. Amendments  Red River Campaign  Andrew Jackson Hamilton  John Reagan  (5) Provisions of Texas  Battle of Palmito Ranch  John Bell Hood  Lawrence Sullivan Ross Constitution of 1869  Texans help for war effort  Ironclad Oath  Andrew Johnson  Philip Sheridan  Women’s roles  Immigration/Emigration  Albert Sidney Johnston  James W. Throckmorton

Essential Vocabulary Dates to Remember

 states’ rights  preventive strike  amendment  Unit 8 Test—Wed. Feb. 25

 secede  blockade  Black Codes

 sovereignty  homespun  Radical Republican  Be sure to check weekly agenda  ordinance  quinine  veto online and the white board for  perpetual  reconstruction  impeach all assignment due dates!  conscription  nullify  scalawag

 Unionist  freedmen  carpetbagger

 vigilante  ratify  compulsory