Warm-Up What is the significance of the following dates: Texas becomes the 28 th state of the United States of America The Civil War begins

Reconstruction:

A week after the end of the Civil War, President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. His successor, President Johnson continued on with the process of Reconstruction, or rebuilding the country. Reconstruction: Impact

The Confederate loss affected Texas: There was a shortage of free labor to farm their fields. There was inadequate production in agriculture and business. Transportation was disrupted. Reconstruction: Impact

Martial Law – Governor Davis used military forces to keep the peace in several counties Sherman and federal troops removed American Indian tribes from West Texas during the “Frontier Wars.” Reconstruction: Political Impact

Texas adopted the Constitution of 1876 Texas ratified the Reconstruction Amendments in order to rejoin the Union 13 th Amendment - forbids slavery 14 th Amendment – equal rights, regardless of race 15 th Amendment – extended the right to vote to African American men Reconstruction: Political Impact

There was a great increase in… Tenant farming – people reside on and farm land owned by a landlord Sharecropping – people farming another landowners land for a share of the profit Reconstruction: Economic Impact

Expansion of the railroad Cattle industry booms This led to an increase in people moving to Texas

Reconstruction: Social Impact Freedmen’s Bureau was established in 1865 by the national government to provide the following for formerly-enslaved people: Food Shelter Medicine Opened the first schools for African Americans in Texas, which were in operation for over 100 years

Reconstruction: Social Impact On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Texas in Galveston Bay with 2,000 federal troops announcing and enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation. June 19 th became known as Juneteenth, which became a celebration of the end of slavery

Because some did not agree with the new laws of the U.S., some states passed Jim Crow laws to enforce segregation (separating races). It became illegal for African American Texans and sometimes Hispanic Texans too … eat in the same restaurants stay in the same hotel attend the same schools be treated in the same hospital as the Anglo Texans Reconstruction: Social Impact

The Ku Klux Klan emerged as a group seeking to force segregation and keep African Americans from taking part in politics. This was a time of great change as Texans made their way into a new era. Reconstruction: Social Impact