Unit 6.4 Study Guide: Civil War and Reconstruction (Ch. 15 & 16)

Expectations of the Student

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

 Explain the significance of 1861

 Identify significant individuals and events concerning Texas and the Civil War

 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, events, and issues from Reconstruction

 Analyze how the consequences of Reconstruction continue to affect Texas Essential Questions

 Why does the failure to compromise create conflict? How do you rebuild a nation torn in two?

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 B. Magruder  Battle of Galveston  Freedmen’s Bureau  Ulysses S. Grant  Pendleton Murrah  Battle of Sabine Pass  (3) Recons. Plans  Battle of Brownsville  Tom Green  Elisha M. Pease  (3) Recons. Amendments  Red River Campaign  Andrew Jackson Hamilton  John H. 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

 Wed. Feb. 12—GPERSIA Vocabulary Due  states’ rights  quinine  impeach  secede  Reconstruction  scalawag  Fri. Feb. 14—People ID Due  ordinance  freedmen  carpetbagger  Mon. Feb. 17—Homefront Organizer Due  conscription  ratify  compulsory   Unionist  amendment  segregation Tues. Feb. 18—Reconstruction Organizer  Confederate  black codes  Jim Crow Laws Due

 vigilante  Radical  Wed. Feb. 19—Unit 6.4 TEST (Ch. 15 & 16) Republican  homespun