Rec
Across
- 1. led to creation of Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and other agriculture and mechanical colleges
- 4. Terrorist group that used intimidation and violence to prevent African Americans from participating in American society
- 6. gave land to Native Americans (but designed to confiscate land and assimilate into white American society)
- 7. Former slaves were called ___ during Reconstruction
- 10. The 15th Amendment granted THIS to African Americans, which means the right to vote
- 12. Southerners who supported Radical Republican policies and civil rights for African Americans
- 13. ___ Acts - divided South into 5 military zones, prohibited former Confederates from office
- 16. System similar to slavery that forced African Americans into a cycle of never-ending debt to plantation owners
- 17. Plessy v. Ferguson legitimized and legally allowed ____, as long as services provided were "separate but equal."
- 18. Cheap land offered as long as you farmed it
- 20. Took over as President after Lincoln's assassination; impeached for constantly vetoing Radical Republican legislation that supported civil rights
- 21. Federal program that helped African Americans receive education, health care, and job training
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- 2. The 14th Amendment granted ___ and full civil rights protections for African Americans
- 3. Extended black codes to further limit African American involvement in politics, which included poll taxes, literacy tests, and "grandfather clauses."
- 5. The ___ Act granted a full pardon to former Confederate leaders
- 8. Group in Congress that wanted to punish the South for starting the war by passing the Wade-Davis Bill
- 9. Former Union general elected President for two full terms, and supported civil rights for freedmen
- 11. limited civil rights of African Americans using slave codes to limit their ability to find a job and own land
- 14. First African American elected to Congress - Hiram Rhodes ____
- 15. Northerners who moved South looking for open political offices
- 19. Lincoln's lenient, forgiving plan to let Southern states re-join the Union