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Challenge 19-4. T what title would you give the following picture A – Who is this picture for? C – Are there any words or phrases? O – Are there any symbols? What do you see? What are the objects? S – What is the author trying to get you to believe, understand?.
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Challenge 19-4 • T what title would you give the following picture • A – Who is this picture for? • C – Are there any words or phrases? • O – Are there any symbols? What do you see? What are the objects? • S – What is the author trying to get you to believe, understand?
Slavery in Texas • Slavery was legal in Texas and most of the South – Southerners believed it supported the economy • Most Northerners opposed slavery. They believed it was immoral (wrong for one to own another).
Facts About Slavery • Eli Whitney’s cotton gin, a machine that removed cotton seeds from the fiber, made cotton very profitable. Created a demand for slaves. • Avg. price of slave = $600, if skilled = more than $2000 • Most could not afford slaves • Slaves regarded as property; could be bought, sold, or rented • Some treated slaves reasonably well, others were very cruel (beatings, poor food, etc.) • Usually 6-day work week with Sundays off; sunrise to sunset workday
Facts About Slavery • Children born of slaves were slaves • Families torn apart by slave trade • Religion and music were key elements of culture; religion offered comfort and hope; music allowed expression of sorrow & hope for better life • Not many rebellions – fear of punishment to selves and others • Resistance: 1) most TX runaways fled to Mexico, 2) work slowly, 3) break or damage property
Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book. • It is about a slave named Tom treated cruelly by a brutal slaveholder, and a slave woman named Eliza escaping to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin had an impact on the abolitionist movement leading up to the Civil War.
Kansas-Nebraska Act • In 1854, this act gave the people of these territories the right to decide if they would allow slavery (popular sovereignty). • It was supported by most Southerners and created more division apart from the North on this issue.
State’s Rights • The idea that states have the right to limit the power of the federal government. • Most Southerners (including Texans), favored state’s rights. • Southerners believed the federal government went beyond their power in trying to limit the spread of slavery.
Dred Scott • 1857 Supreme Court case where a slave sued for his freedom on the basis that he lived in a free state. • Court ruled that slaves were not citizens, and the case was lost, angering abolitionists.
Texas Secedes • Secede: withdraw from the Union • Governor Sam Houston was a Unionist (did not want to secede) • Abraham Lincoln was elected U.S. President in 1860, further increasing the South’s desire to split the nation. • South Carolina was the 1st to secede. Other states soon followed, including Texas (7th) forming the Confederate States of America.
Texas Secedes • Sam Houston refused to sign an oath to the Confederacy and was removed from office as governor of Texas
Fast Facts • Union Leader – Ulysses S. Grant • Confederate Leader – Robert E. Lee • Confederate President – Jefferson Davis • 1st battle – Ft. Sumter • Costliest battle – Gettysburg • 384 major battles (10,500 conflicts) • Lasted from April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865 (Lee surrendered to Grant at the Appomattox Court House)
Fast Facts • Confederate capital: Richmond, VA • U.S. said secession was illegal • South said they freely joined & could freely leave • Advantage North – outnumbered South 4 to 1 in men of fighting age • Advantage North – controlled factories and transportation • Advantage South – generals; know the land
CIVIL WAR - BEGINNING • Both sides believe war will be over in a matter of months • Both sides call for volunteers • Men of fighting age: (18-45) • North 4 million • South 1 million
Fast Facts • Some Texans (Anglo, Black, and Mexican) fought for the Union • Union blockade: shortage of supplies for South (South used blockade runners) • Relied on Texas farms for corn & wheat to feed Confed. army; also made uniforms • Went w/out coffee, sugar, paper, & other items
Strengths and Weaknesses of the North and the South • The North had a higherpopulation, greater factory production, more railroad mileage, and more farmland than the South. • The South had higher cotton production than the North. • Which had more strengths?
TEXAS CONTRIBUTIONS • 70,000served in Confederacy • Most serve in Texas • Arkansas, Louisiana • Some as far away as Virginia • 2,000 serve in Union
CIVIL WAR - LATER • Volunteers not sufficient • Both sides begin conscriptions (draft) • Age limits change as war goes on • (18-30) becomes (17-45) • South (Confederacy) • Exempt if own >15 slaves • Can hire someone to take place
UNIONISTS IN TEXAS • Most live in Northern & Western part of TX • The “Great Hanging” • Gainesville, TX • 1862, 150 unionist arrested for treason • 40 hanged • Nueces Massacre • 1862, 65 neutral Germans try to leave TX • 20 die during clash with Confederates near Nueces River • 9 executed
The War Ends • Surrender at Appomotox • Union General Ulysses S. Grant trapped Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Petersburg, Virginia • Union General William T. Sherman captured Atlanta, Georgia • Grant accepted Lee’s surrender at the Appomtox Court House on April 9, 1865 • Battle at Palmito Ranch • Some Texas Confederates refused to give up the war • On May 12, 1865, Union Colonel Theodore H. Barnett attacked Confederate forces at Palmito Ranch • The Confederates counterattacked, forcing Barret to retreat • Despite this victory, the Texas Confederates received orders to disband their armies
Juneteenth • June 19, 1865 Texas slaves finally got word they were free • Word was brought by General Gordon Granger of the Union Army • Celebrated as a state holiday
CIVIL WAR COSTS • UNION • 110,000 killed in battle (24%) • 225,000 die from disease • $6 Billion • CONFEDERACY • 94,000 killed in battle (23%) • 164,000 die from disease • $2 Billion
Deaths in American Wars • Civil War 618,000 • World War II 405,000 • World War I 112,000 • Vietnam War 58,000 • Korean War 54,000 • Mexican War 13,000 • Revolution 4,000 • Spanish-American War 2,000 • War of 1812 2,000
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination • Shot on April 14, 1865 at Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth • Died one day later • Booth shot and killed April 26
Congress Reacts to Black Codes • Black codes – laws passed by southern states that severely limited the rights of freedmen • How did black codes affect freedmen? • Black codes granted some rights. African Americans could marry legally and own some property • Black codes kept freedmen from gaining political and economic power. They forbade freedmen to vote, own guns, or serve on juries • In some states, African Americans could work only as servants or farm laborers. In others, they had to sign contracts for a year’s work • How did Congress react to black codes? • Angered by black codes, Republicans charged that Johnson’s lenient Reconstruction plan had encouraged the codes • Republicans were also angered by southern white violence against freedmen
The End of Reconstruction • Economic Changes • Cotton, wheat and corn production increased, due to the expansion of the railroad • Texans developed more industries, producing textiles, iron, and other goods • New Labor System • The sharecropper system replaced the system of slave labor after the Civil War • Landowners assumed all the housing and production costs in exchange for the sharecropper working the land • Sharecroppers gave half the value of their crop to the landowner
The Constitution of 1876 • Cut the governor’spower to appoint officers • Limited elected leaders to two-year terms • Gave all males, including African Americans, the right to vote • Required that votersapprove any changes to the constitution • Remains the basic law of Texas to this DAY
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OUT • T _what title would you give the following picture • A – Who is this political cartoon for? • C – Are there any words or phrases? • O – Are there any symbols? What do you see? • S – What is the author trying to get you to believe?
OUT • T _what title would you give the following picture • A – Who is this political cartoon for? • C – Are there any words or phrases? • O – Are there any symbols? What do you see? • S – What is the author trying to get you to believe?