chapter 12 terms

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Across
  1. 2. landowners allowed tenants to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced
  2. 7. 19th president of the United States whose election marked the end of Reconstruction
  3. 8. The right to vote in political elections
  4. 10. a legislative body levels charges against a government official
  5. 12. provided assistance to freed slaves and poor whites
  6. 14. Ratified in 1865, this amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
  7. 15. Republican Party that advocated for the complete abolition of slavery
  8. 18. A vocational school for African Americans founded in 1881 by Booker T. Washington in Alabama
  9. 20. declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens
  10. 21. divided the South into five military districts governed by Union generals
  11. 23. required 50% of a state's white males take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union
  12. 25. Courts operated by the military, used during Reconstruction to enforce laws and protect the rights of freedmen in the Southern states.
Down
  1. 1. A derogatory term for Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
  2. 3. Ratified in 1870, this amendment prohibited states from denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  3. 4. leader of the Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives who was a fierce advocate for the abolition of slavery
  4. 5. Republican Party who supported some civil rights for African Americans
  5. 6. Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the rights of newly freed African Americans and to ensure their availability as a cheap labor force.
  6. 9. Southerners who opposed Reconstruction policies and sought to restore the pre-Civil War social order
  7. 11. Ratified in 1868, this amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and provided equal protection under the laws.
  8. 13. A derogatory term for Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party.
  9. 16. agreement that ended the disputed 1876 presidential election
  10. 17. white supremacist group formed in 1865 that used terror and violence to oppose the civil rights of African Americans
  11. 19. farmers rented land from a landowner and were responsible for their own supplies
  12. 22. 18th president of the United States and former Union general
  13. 24. The 17th president of the United States