7th Grade Texas History TEKS Unit 7: Texas During the Civil War & Reconstruction

The 7th Grade Texas History TEKS Unit 7: Texas During the Civil War & Reconstruction (1861-1876) COMPLETE Lesson Plan Unit comes LOADED with easy-to-use, amazing resources that focus on the transformative era's of the Civil War and Reconstruction!

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• Unit Outline with Lesson-by-Lesson Overview
• 15 highly curated presentations featuring built-in Discussion Based Questions (DBQ) & Exit Tickets in both PowerPoint (PPT) & Google Slides formats
• 30 student exercise assignments complete with teacher answer keys
• 47 links to supplemental videos on YouTube
• Guided Notes Handouts for students for every lesson
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• Unit Assessment with teacher answer key

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Development of Slavery in the U.S. & Texas

• History of enslavement in the U.S. between 1776 and the Civil War
• Practice of enslavement in the South, including Texas
• Factors that contributed to the rise of slavery in the South
• Why the practice of slavery was expanded in Texas both during and after the 1820s and 1830s

Enslaved Peoples of Texas (slavery in Texas)

• Common forms of labor they were forced to provide
• Conditions they were forced to live and work in
• Living conditions of the enslaved in Texas (shelter, diet, clothing, etc.)
• Important role of family, community, religion, and culture for the enslaved
• Forms of resistance the enslaved implemented

How Growing Division and Sectionalism in the U.S. Led to the Civil War

• Historical significance of the Compromise of 1850, including the Fugitive Slave Bill (Fugitive Slave Act)
• Impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and "Bleeding Kansas"
• Effects of the Dred Scott Decision (Dred Scott v. Sanford)
• Raid on Harpers Ferry
• Election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860

Texas Secession from the Union

• Debate over secession
• Role of prominent Texans who supported secession and those who opposed it
• Texas joins the Confederacy (Confederate States of America C.S.A.)

The Confederacy and Union

• Overview of the advantages and disadvantages each side possessed
• Examination & analysis of the Confederate & Union war strategies
• Three Theaters of War: Eastern Theater, Trans-Mississippi Theater, & Western Theater

Major Battles & Events of the Civil War

• Attack on Fort Sumter
• First Battle of Bull Run
• Peninsula Campaign
• Battle of Shiloh
• Union Blockade
• Second Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Antietam
• Siege of Vicksburg
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Sherman's March to the Sea
• Surrender of General Lee

The Civil War in Texas

• Sibley's Campaign
• Battle of Galveston
• Battle of Sabine Pass
• Red River Campaign
• Unionists in Texas
• The Clareno Massacre & Nueces Massacre
• Great Hanging at Gainesville
• Why Texas faced food, labor, and goods shortages during the Civil War
• Role of women in Texas during the Civil War
• The Clareno Massacre
• Battle at Palmito Ranch (the last battle of the Civil War)
• Aftermath of the Civil War in Texas

Emancipation Proclamation

• Historical significance of the Emancipation Proclamation
• How the Emancipation Proclamation redefined the Civil War
• Why President Lincoln enacted the Emancipation Proclamation
• Role of African Americans in the Union Army

The Reconstruction Era

• Debate over Reconstruction
• "Presidential Reconstruction" & "Congressional Reconstruction"
• Role of President Andrew Johnson
• Influence of "Radical Republicans"
• Impact of the Freedmen's Bureau
• Historical significance of Black Codes
• Civil Rights Act of 1866
• The Reconstruction Acts
• Impeachment of President Johnson
• Compromise of 1877

The Reconstruction Era in Texas

• Historical significance of June 19, 1865—Juneteenth Day
• How life was impacted for freed African Americans living in Texas during Reconstruction
• Austin Freedmen's Society
• 5th Military District
• New state constitution
• Texas Constitutional Convention (1868-1869)
• Texas' readmittance to the Union

Governor Davis' Administration

• Profile of Governor Edmund J. Davis, who guided Texas out of military-enforced Congressional Reconstruction and back into civilian-led statehood
• Priorities of Governor Davis: restoration of law & order, education, internal improvements to the state, and defense of the Texas frontier

Texas Constitution of 1876

• Convention of 1875-1876
• Changes made to the Constitution of 1869
• Core tenets of the Texas Constitution

Post-Reconstruction Texas

• Reversal of Reconstruction Era policies such as the reduction of government spending and equal rights protections for African Americans
• Rise of Jim Crow Laws
• Causes and effects of African American political power becoming increasingly limited in Texas during the post-Reconstruction Era
• Role of tenant farming/sharecropping

Important Terms & Concepts such as:

• Theater of War
• Martial Law
• Popular Sovereignty
• Republicanism
• Federalism
• Individual Rights
• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances

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