4th Grade Social Studies NW3 Unit 7: Civil War in Texas

What was the impact on the Civil War in Texas? (4.4A)

• A. Texas joined the union.

• B. Texas kept fighting.

• C. The economy in the south declined.

• D. The Supreme Court was created.

Read the article. What is the significance of Juneteenth? (4.14D)

• The news of the end of the war finally reached Texas, so the enslaved population of the state was officially free.

• The Civil War began.

• The day that Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation

• June 19th is the day that slavery became illegal across the world.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

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Read the article. Why were there still struggles for newly emancipated people after the end of the Civil War? (4.4A)

• They were finally free.

• They were denied an education and also had few to no tools or possessions.

• They did not want to leave the south.

• Everything was the same.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

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What is the name of the period of time following the Civil War? (4.4A)

• Refoundation

• Reformation

• Reconstruction

• Construction

What was the government agency that helped emancipated African Americans called? (4.4A)

• The Bureau of Freedom

• Freedmen’s Bureau

• Emancipation Bureau

• Bureau of Emancipation

The Freedmen’s Bureau helped newly emancipated African Americans transition to a life of freedom by:

• reuniting families that were sold to enslavers

• assisting the veterans in getting their benefits and pensions

• Distributing tools, food and clothing

• All of the above

What inferences can you make based on the locations of the battles on the map? (Select TWO correct answers) (4.4A) (4.20A)

• They only fought battles in the north.

• All battles were on the Gulf of Mexico

• Union ships were used as a blockade.

• All of the major battles in Texas were accessible by water.

• There were no battles of the Civil War on Texas soil.

What a blockade? (4.4A) (4.20A)

• an effort to stop ships from going in and out of the port

• an effort to stop soldiers using machinery and tanks

• an effort to go around ships

• taking over ships that do not belong to you

Following the Civil war, congress proposed multiple amendments to the U.S. Constitution to ensure that formally enslaved people were given equal rights and protections under the law. Match the 13th amendment with how it impacted formally enslaved people after the Civil War. (4.4A)

• Newly emancipated men were able to vote

• It abolished all slavery.

• All newly freed people were recognized as citizens.

How was sharecropping different than slavery? (4.4A)

• Workers did not receive a salary or wage.

• Sharecroppers farmed someone else’s land.

• Housing and tools were provided by the landowner.

• A portion of the harvest was kept by the sharecropper.