Unit 8 Study Guide: Pre-AP 2015
Civil War and Reconstruction Era (Ch. 15 & 16)
Expectations of the Student/Essential Questions
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Identify the Civil War and Reconstruction Era of Texas History and define its characteristics
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Explain the significance of 1861
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Explain reasons for the involvement of Texas in the Civil War such as states’ rights, slavery, secession,
and tariffs
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Analyze the political, economic, and social effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas
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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
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Identify different points of view of political parties and interest groups on important Texas issues
Essential Topics of Significance
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(5) Causes of Civil War
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Union vs. Conf. advantages
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TX Secession Convention
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Fort Sumter
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Battle of Galveston
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Battle of Sabine Pass
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Battle of Brownsville
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Red River Campaign
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Food shortages/
substitutes
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Appomattox Courthouse
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State government collapse
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Essential People
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John Wilkes Booth
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Robert E. Lee
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Jefferson Davis
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Abraham Lincoln
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Dick Dowling
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Francis Lubbock
“Juneteenth”
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John S. Ford
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John Magruder
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Freedmen’s Bureau
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Pendleton Murrah
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(3) Recons. Plans
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Thomas Green
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Elisha M. Pease
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(3) Recons. Amendments
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Andrew Jackson Hamilton
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John Reagan
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(5) Provisions of Texas
Constitution of 1869
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John Bell Hood
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross
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Battle of Palmito Ranch
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Texans help for war effort
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Ironclad Oath
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Andrew Johnson
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Philip Sheridan
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Women’s roles
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Immigration/Emigration
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Albert Sidney Johnston
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James W. Throckmorton
Dates to Remember
Essential Vocabulary
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states’ rights
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preventive strike
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amendment
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secede
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blockade
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Black Codes
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sovereignty
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homespun
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Radical Republican
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ordinance
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quinine
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veto
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perpetual
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reconstruction
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impeach
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conscription
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nullify
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scalawag
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Unionist
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freedmen
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carpetbagger
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vigilante
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ratify
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compulsory
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Unit 8 Test—Wed. Feb. 25
Be sure to check weekly agenda
online and the white board for
all assignment due dates!