Chapter 17 Review

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Across
  1. 2. Southerners used various tactics to prevent African Americans from voting, including _______ tests
  2. 4. One question that Reconstruction needed to answer following the Civil War was “How should the Confederate states rejoin the ______?”
  3. 6. African Americans in the South understood that ______ would help them take part in the political process, understand their civil rights, and earn more money (know all three reasons!)
  4. 9. Southerners used this insult for people who travelled to the South to help with Reconstruction, although Southerners thought they were looking for opportunities to just get wealthy
  5. 12. Andrew Johnson became the first president to be impeached, but not _______ from office
  6. 13. This group in Congress took control of Reconstruction away from Andrew Johnson (2)
  7. 15. Southerners used various tactics to prevent African Americans from voting, including _____ taxes
  8. 17. Republicans created the ______ shortly before the end of the Civil War to help slaves transition to freedom (2)
  9. 20. Many communities in the South passed _____ to limit the rights of African Americans (2)
  10. 21. Republicans called the Peace Democrats of the North by this nickname because their ideas were “deadly” to the Union’s chances of winning the war
  11. 23. President Grant’s presidency was far from successful. One reason is because several members of Grant’s _____ got involved in big scandals
  12. 24. One of the key points of Radical Reconstruction was that each Southern state had to rewrite its state _______
  13. 26. President Grant’s presidency was far from successful. One reason is because of the _______ crisis in the country during his presidency
  14. 28. The Radical Republicans pushed the _____ Amendment to ensure the right to vote for African Americans in the South
  15. 29. The _______ used intimidation and violence to regain political power for white people in the South (3)
Down
  1. 1. Southerners used various tactics to prevent African Americans from voting, including ______ clauses
  2. 3. The Compromise of 1877 resulted in ______ becoming the new president (last name only)
  3. 5. One question that Reconstruction needed to answer following the Civil War was “Should ______ leaders be punished?”
  4. 7. The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 gave African Americans in the South _______ freedom and power
  5. 8. Reconstruction started with “___________” Reconstruction guided by Andrew Johnson, but Republicans weren’t satisfied with it
  6. 10. One question that Reconstruction needed to answer following the Civil War was “What role should free _______ play in the country?” (2)
  7. 11. Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated? (last name only)
  8. 14. One of the key points of Radical Reconstruction was that each Southern state had to approve the _____ Amendment.
  9. 16. Sherman’s “Special Field Order Number 15” promised freed African Americans 40 acres and a ______, but that promise was taken away by President Johnson after Lincoln was assassinated
  10. 18. One of the key points of Radical Reconstruction was that Congress created 5 _____ in the South (2)
  11. 19. The second part of Reconstruction - after Andrew Johnson lost control of it - was called _________ because it was under the control of the Radical Republicans (2)
  12. 22. Many Republicans thought Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction was too _____ to the Confederacy and its leaders
  13. 24. The _____ of 1877 resulted in the end of Reconstruction
  14. 25. He became president after Andrew Johnson (last name only)
  15. 27. President Grant’s presidency was far from successful. One reason is because the ____ Party split into two groups