GA Reconstruction Crossword

5. lead by radical republicans, this plan was more strict and divided the southern states into military districts.
7. during the Reconstruction Period (1867-1876) sixty-nine African-Americans or Blacks served as delegates to Georgia’s constitutional convention or served as members of the state legislature. These legislators were removed from their seats after 1876.
8. restrictive laws passed in the south to control labor and lives of newly freed african americans
10. ensured the right to vote to all MALE citizens regardless of color
11. farmers who agreed to work on a landowner’s property were required to provide the landowner with a share of the crop; unlike sharecroppers, tenant farmers usually owned their own farming equipment.
15. addresses citizenship and rights to former slaves along with equal protection

1. served as first republican governor of georgia
2. Georgia representative during reconstructive period
3. federal agency created in 1865 to provide aid to former enslaved people
4. to revoke or withdraw formally or officially; usually refers to a law
6. farmers who agreed to work on a landowner’s property in exchange for land, farming equipment, and seed; sharecroppers were required to provide the land owner with a share of the crop.
9. president during reconstruction period that was nearly impeached by congress
12. terrorist organization created to intimidate and prevent freedmen and Republicans from gaining political power in the South
13. Slavery banned unless for punishment of a crime
14. to pass