Transcript Reconstruction - 7th Grade Texas History

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Question to be thinking about…
Would you as a Texan have voted to
secede from the Union in 1861? Why or
Why not?
Frontier Line of Defense
Cotton/Supply Trading Route
Railroad
What do these group of people all have in
common?
• People who lived on the frontier.
• People who lived close to the Red River.
• Germans living in Texas
Most likely NOT to vote for secession.
Why?
Remind me…
What advantages did each
side have?
The North had
• more soldiers
• more money to finance the war
• more factories to make war materials
• more railroads
• more men
The South had
• Better trained men
• Better knowledge of the land
Sabine Pass ~
stopped the Union
soldiers from coming
into Texas
Laredo ~
took back control of the Rio
Grande and re opened trade
routes
Galveston ~
state’s busiest
seaport
Palmito Ranch~
last battle of the Civil
War
Why?
• Why did these battles take place in the
southern and eastern borders of Texas?
– The Union tried to stop the shipment of cotton
and the flow of supplies for the Confederacy
Changing Role of Women
• During the Civil War,
women’s roles changed:
– Women did more farm
work
– Many women served as
nurses for troops
– They made uniforms and
other clothing for soldiers
– They took jobs as teachers,
shopkeepers, and drivers,
usually performed by men
After four years of fighting…
• General Lee surrendered
to General Grant at the
Appomattox Courthouse
• Confederate President
Davis was captured and
the remaining armies in
the South surrendered.
Last land battle
• Texan troops had not heard
that General Lee
surrendered
• Confederate forces
defeated a Union force
trying to invade Texas near
Brownsville at Palmito
Ranch
• They learned from their
Union captured prisoners
that General lee had
surrendered
Union Victory
• The Union had been
preserved
• End to slavery
• Five days after General
Lee surrendered,
Lincoln is assassinated
The South has Surrendered
• The Texas government
collapsed as officials
fled to Mexico to
escape Union troops
• President Andrew
Johnson appointed
Andrew Hamilton as
provisional governor in
June, 1865