Civil War & Reconstruction

12345678910111213141516
Across
  1. 4. Constitutional amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born in the U.S.
  2. 6. Religious revival movement in the early 19th century that inspired social reforms, including abolition.
  3. 9. Enslaved man who sued for his freedom; the Supreme Court ruled against him in 1857, stating that African Americans were not citizens.
  4. 11. 1854 law that allowed popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in new territories, leading to violent conflict.
  5. 13. Lenient approach to rebuilding the South led by Andrew Johnson after the Civil War.
  6. 15. More strict approach to Reconstruction, led by Radical Republicans in Congress.
Down
  1. 1. 1863 order by Abraham Lincoln that freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
  2. 2. Political party founded in the 1850s that opposed the expansion of slavery.
  3. 3. Constitutional amendment that granted African American men the right to vote.
  4. 5. Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
  5. 7. Movement to end slavery in the United States.
  6. 8. Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to squeeze the Confederacy.
  7. 10. Period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society.
  8. 12. Government agency created to help formerly enslaved people by providing food, education, and assistance.
  9. 14. Site of the first shots of the Civil War in April 1861.
  10. 16. Courthouse where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.