Unit 8 Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. Laws in the South that limited the rights of freed slaves after the Civil War.
- 6. African American leaders who served in Georgia’s government during Reconstruction but were later removed.
- 8. To officially cancel or take back a law.
- 9. Amendment that ended slavery
- 11. When the U.S. military oversaw the rebuilding of the South and divided it into military districts.
- 13. A farming system where workers rented land and usually had their own tools, giving a share of crops as rent.
- 14. A government group that helped freed slaves after the Civil War.
Down
- 2. When Congress took control of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
- 3. The time after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt and rejoined the United States.
- 4. The forced separation of people by race, often in public places like schools and transportation.
- 5. A violent group that tried to stop African Americans and Republicans from having power in the South.
- 7. A farming system where workers used someone else’s land and gave part of the crops to the landowner.
- 9. Amendment that gave African American and Black men the right to vote
- 10. To officially approve something.
- 12. Amendment that gave citizenship to African Americans and Black people