Civil War Reconstruction Project-Ann Marie M.
Across
- 2. Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans to sign work contracts.
- 4. Northern born Republicans that moved south after the war.
- 6. Vice President during President Lincoln’s murder.
- 7. These people opposed Reconstruction.
- 9. This amendment gave African American men throughout the United States the right to vote.
- 11. The amendment that made slavery illegal throughout the United States.
- 14. Johnson temporarily appointed this for each state.
- 16. This act guaranteed African Americans equal rights in public places such as theaters and public transportation.
- 17. These people proposed a constitutional amendment in the summer of 1866.
- 19. This person was known for his honesty and sharp tongue.
- 20. This act provided African Americans with the same legal rights as White Americans.
- 21. This marked the beginning of a severe economic downturn that soon put an estimated 2 million people out of work.
Down
- 1. This act allowed former Confederates, except those who had held high ranks, to hold public offerings.
- 3. The process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states without slavery.
- 5. A United States presidential proclamation issued on December 8, 1863.
- 8. This is the forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places.
- 10. He killed President Lincoln.
- 12. This state did not create a new government.
- 13. Redeemers set this up in an effort to deny the vote to African Americans.
- 15. This amendment guaranteed citizens to equal protection of the laws.
- 18. These people wanted the southern states to change much more than they already had before they could return to the Union.