Texas History

Chapters 10 and 11

Election of 1859

John Brown

Knights of the Golden Circle

Louis T. Wigfall

fires of 1860

Election of 1860

Texas Secession Convention

John S. (Rip) Ford

New Mexico campaign

John R. Baylor

Francis R. Lubbock

conscription laws

Great Gainesville Hanging

Battle of Galveston

Battle of Sabine Pass

Palmito Ranch

Andrew Johnson

General Philip Sheridan

Thirteenth Amendment

James Throckmorton

E.M. Pease

black codes

Freedmen's Bureau

Union Leagues

E. J. Davis

George T. Ruby

Matt Gaines

Reconstruction Acts of 1867

Radical Reconstruction

Constitution of 1869

Richard Coke

Essay :

Within a 15 years of having joined the United States, Texas left the union in 1861. What happened during the 1850s that led Texas to leave the Union in 1861? What are  the important reasons  for secession? From a national viewpoint, how does Texas help cause the Civil War? What process did Texas follow leading to secession? Who votes for secession in 1861? Against secession? How does Sam Houston fit into all this?

Write an in depth essay about Reconstruction in Texas. What ideas and groups of people do the Republicans and the Democrats represent from 1866 through 1877? What happens in Texas as result of congressional reconstruction compared to presidential reconstruction? What is the role of the Freedman's bureau during Reconstruction? Who were some of the important people, black and white, involved in the Reconstruction process ? What were some of the important aspects of the Constitution of 1869 and how does it compare with the state Constitution of 1876? Was Reconstruction a success or failure?