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Chapter 6
Reconstruction, Republicanism,
and “Redemption”
The History of Texas
Harlan Davidson, Inc.
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Learning Outcomes (6)
• Comprehend the political nuances that
Republicanism & Reunion represented in Texas.
• understand the Reconstruction process that
Texas & other southern states experienced.
• cite key differences in political philosophies
between the Republican & Democratic parties.
• recognize the implications of Emancipation &
Reconstruction on the lives of a newly-freed
people.
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Chapter 6
Republicanism & Reunion
• Aftermath of the War
– Division & confrontation
– Disintegration of Army &
government
• Texas ~ June 19, 1865
– Emancipation declared
– “Juneteenth”
The 9th Cavalry at Ft. Davis
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Reconstruction
• Presidential Reconstruction
– Texas provisional government
– Constitutional convention
– Ex-confederates in power
• Freedmen’s status
• “black codes”
– Resistance to Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen,
& Abandoned lands
– Resistance to occupation army
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Reconstruction
• Congressional Reconstruction
– Presidential Reconstruction overturned
– Federal Reconstruction Acts, 1867
– General Phil Sheridan takes command
• Radical Reconstruction
– Republicans take charge in Texas
– Election of 1869 & the Davis Administration
– Freedmen participate
– Reaction sets in
• Violence
• Ku Klux Klan
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Freedmen in Reconstruction
• The Freedmen’s Bureau
– Bureau agents
– Bureau-run schools
• Black politicians
– George T. Ruby &
the Union League
– Senator Matt Gaines
– Black voter registration
• The freed people
– Redefining roles
– Racism
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“Uncle” George Glenn
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Watercolor of Matt Gaines and George T. Ruby in the Senate Chambers
Twelfth Legislature, 1870
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Demorcrats Regain Control
• The “Redeemer” election of 1873
– Governor Coke
– Texas and the “New South” vision
• The Constitution of 1876
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A return to limited government
Austerity in government
Debating the Grangers
reflecting the 1876 climate of opinion
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Key Words & Terms (6)
"Juneteenth"
ab initio
Texas v. White
"scalawags"/ "carpetbaggers"
Reconstruction politics
Presidential
Congressional
Black Republican (Radical)
Union League
George T. Ruby
Matt Gaines
Ku Klux Klan in Texas
Constitution of 1869
Edmund J. Davis,
"Radical Republican"
Constitution of 1876
Freedmen's Bureau
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