New Challenges for Texas Worksheet

Is a large farm that produces crops to sell.
A person who wants to end slavery.
An effort to stop ships from going in or out of a port.
A group of soldiers who fight battles on horseback.
To cancel.
A strongly constructed building used to house soldiers and weapons.
A state celebration remembering when slaves in Texas learned that they were free.
African American soldiers who fought against the Plains Indians in the late 1800's.
A farmer who pays part of what he or she grows to a landowner.
Land that was set aside as territory for American Indians in 1830.
In what year was three out of ten Texans enslaved African Americans?
In 1860, who was elected President of the United States?
What year did Texas call a convention to decide if they would also secede?
What freed all enslaved people in the Confederacy?
This helped African Americans in many different ways.
How many flags have Texas had?
A constitutional convention met in 1868 in Austin. __________ of its 90 delegates were African Americans.
Who was the African American leader elected to the Texas Senate in 1869?
What year did the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon occur?
In what year did the United States government try to solve conflict with the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek?