Ordeal of Reconstruction/Gilded Age

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Across
  1. 1. The name of the newspaper that busted "Boss" Tweed
  2. 3. This amendment was meant to ensure that voting couldn't be restricted due to race
  3. 4. This presidential candidate supposedly had an illegitimate child
  4. 6. Southern Republicans who supported Reconstruction
  5. 8. Plessy v. ____ was the court case that decided "separate, but equal"
  6. 10. Charles ___ was the man who assassinated Pres. Garfield
  7. 11. Works the land, but doesn't have own tools
  8. 16. This act said that govt. jobs would be given based on a merit system
  9. 17. Rents a portion of land, has own tools
  10. 18. This state recruited Chinese railroad workers
  11. 19. Started as a social club for Confederate veterans
  12. 21. The number of military zones the South was divided into
  13. 22. Believed blacks should have every right
  14. 23. This Andrew was Lincoln's VP
Down
  1. 2. Faction of people who believed that blacks should have civil rights, but no voting
  2. 5. This amendment extended citizenship
  3. 7. Nickname given to Northern politicians
  4. 9. The term "Gilded Age" was coined by this man
  5. 10. Mudslinging of this candidate involved calling him a vegetarian
  6. 12. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned Chinese immigrants from coming over for this # of years
  7. 13. The "Tweed Ring" took place in this major city
  8. 14. The U.S. purchased this state from Russia
  9. 15. Laws created to make life difficult for black people (curfews, no jury duty)
  10. 17. The percentage that had to swear an oath of loyalty to Lincoln
  11. 20. The percent of black people who were illiterate