| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Issued a proclamation declaring that all enslaved Texans were free | Gordon Granger |
| occupied Austin with the union cavalry | George A. Custer |
| modeled his reconstruction plan after Lincoln's | Andrew Johnson |
| Believed Confederate states were never legally out of the Union | Abraham Lincoln |
| opposed to secession: later became provisional governor of Texas | Andrew J. Hamilton |
| Which political party critized President Lincoln for his moderate policy on Reconstruction? | Republicans |
| To be readmitted to the Union, Confederate states had to | abolish slavery, repeal its ordinance of secession, and sign an oath of allegiance to the U.S. |
| What group helped slaves find jobs, get food and clothing, and defend their rights in court? | Freedmen's Bureau |
| What did Anglo Texas accuse the Freedmen's Bureau of? | wasting taxpayer's money, strengthening the Republican party, and meddling in matters local officials cold handle |
| The day enslaved Texans celebrated their freedom was called | Juneteenth |
| rebuilding plan preferred by former Confederates and secessionists | Presidential Reconstruction Plan |
| rebuilding plan preferred by Unionists and African Americans | Congressional Reconstruction Plan |
| the promis that Southerners had to make in order to regain voting rights | Ironclad Oath |
| document that extended rights to African Americans and protected public lands | Texas Constitution of 1869 |
| to return Southern states to the Union, protect the rights of African Americans and bring Agrican Americans into the Republican Party were all goals of | Radical Republicans |
| Carpetbaggers came to the South during Reconstruction | for political or economic gain |
| people disliked Governor Davis because they thought he | abused his political power |
| The organization that used violence to prevent African Americans from voting was | Ku Klux Klan |
| the leader who was removed from office for not putting Reconstruction laws into effect was | James W. Throckmorton |
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