Civil War

Union Gen. Gordon Granger set up his headquarters in Galveston and famously signed an order June 19, 1865, "All slaves are free." President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday last year.

The state's previous social studies standards listed three causes for the Civil War: sectionalism, states' rights and slavery, in that order.

A new report says too many students don't know the basics of American slavery and too many teachers feel ill-served by bad textbooks and timid state standards.

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the resolution that allowed Texas to leave the United States and join the Confederacy in the weeks before the…