What was the most significant political effect of Reconstruction plans on Texas?
Texas rejoined the United States
Carpetbaggers shaped politics in Texas
Texas was overseen by many different governors
Two main Unionist groups which different viewpoints formed
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The correct answers for Unit 5 Lesson 6 are
C: Slaves had to be officially freed
B: To ensure that Texas rejoined the union appropriately
A: Citizenship
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The Radical Republicans gained two-thirds control of both the U.S. Senate and the House in the fall of 1866. They were then able to pass Reconstruction Acts that placed the control of Reconstruction under Congress and the United States Army.
Under the Reconstruction Act, Texas had to register all eligible voters. This included the freedmen. Texas also had to construct a new state constitution, and establish local and state governments that followed the new constitution. In addition, it had to elect representatives and senators for the U.S. Congress and ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. Once the United States Congress approved Texas' actions and ensured they followed all of the outlined steps, the state could officially become part of the Union again.
Congress divided the South into five large military districts. Texas and Louisiana formed the fifth district under the control of U.S. General Philip Sheridan. He removed the elected officials from Presidential Reconstruction. When establishing voter registration, Sheridan banned all those who had been government officials prior to the Civil War. He also appointed a freedman to each district's board of registrars.
Constitutional Convention
The new constitutional convention consisted largely of scalawags who were Southern-born whites. They supported the Republican Party. The convention also had carpetbaggers, who were Northerners who came to the South after the war. There were nine African Americans elected to the convention, and they are remembered as Texas' first black public officials.
In the 1869 election under Congressional Reconstruction, the white population tended to stay away from the polls. However, African Americans, having recently received the right to vote, turned out in large numbers. So the majority of elected officials were Republicans, a party that favored equal rights for African Americans, and the new state constitution easily passed. Texas finally had met the requirements to rejoin the Union. On March 30, 1870, Reconstruction in Texas was officially over
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