Civil War Reconstruction
Across
- 7. The agreement of 1877 that ended reconstruction in the South in return for accepting the election of Rutherford B. Hayes
- 8. division of land held by large landowners into smaller plots turned over to landless people
- 9. derogatory term for northerners who came to the South after the Civil War
- 11. period when the Union was restored, changes were made to the Constitution, and race relations were transformed in the South
- 12. society dedicated to some charitable purchase
- 13. system of renting farmland and paying landlords in crops as rent
Down
- 1. derogatory term for white southerners who aligned with the Republican party during Reconstruction
- 2. taking away the someone's right to vote; practiced heavily against African Americans in the South
- 3. name of Southern Democrats who hoped to bring the Democratic Party back into power and suppress Black Reconstruction
- 4. party of Andrew Johnson; Lincoln's Vice President and 17th President after his assassination
- 5. The process of charging a public official with wrongdoing in office such as Andrew Johnson
- 6. middle word of the official name for Lincoln's "Ten Percent Plan" meaning a pardon granted by the government
- 10. escaped slave who became a prominent leader of the abolitionist movement and Republican politician