Political Effects of Reconstruction
Martial law - the military polices the state under Governor Edwards
Political Effects of Reconstruction
Constitution of 1876 - written at the end of Reconstruction; this is the constitution Texas still follows today
Political Effects of Reconstruction
Indian wars - the government removes Native Americans from the frontier.
Political Effects of Reconstruction
Passage of the Reconstruction Amendments
Political Effects of Reconstruction
13th Amendment - ended slavery
Political Effects of Reconstruction
14th Amendment - citizenship given to African Americans
Political Effects of Reconstruction
15th Amendment - suffrage given to all males
Economic Effects of Reconstruction
Growth of tenant farming and sharecropping
Economic Effects of Reconstruction
Expansion of railroad
Economic Effects of Reconstruction
Cattle industry booms
Social Effects of Reconstruction
Concern over future of freedmen
Social Effects of Reconstruction
Juneteenth - June 19, 1865 - Emancipation Day in Texas (African-Americans learn they are free)
Social Effects of Reconstruction
Freedmen's Bureau established
Social Effects of Reconstruction
Black Codes (state laws that limited rights of African Americans
Social Effects of Reconstruction
Ku Klux Klan (terrorized African American voters and kept them away from the polls)