Reconstruction

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Across
  1. 1. The 32 elected black legislators were ____ from office by Democrats claiming they had no right to hold office
  2. 4. The main crop in cotton following the Civil War was ___
  3. 6. The Freedman's ____ sought to help freed slaves adjust to life as free people
  4. 7. ____croppers had no land or tools of their own and could only provide their labor
  5. 10. Freed slaves had their right restricted by laws called the Black ____
  6. 14. The 15th Amendment gave freed slaves the right to ____
  7. 15. ____ farmers had some of their own tools but needed land to grow crops
  8. 17. He became the new president after Lincoln's assassination
  9. 18. The Ku Klux ____ wanted to intimidate and free blacks and keep them from voting
Down
  1. 1. The ___ Republicans had a Reconstruction plan to punish the South more severely
  2. 2. Southern ____ fought to regain control of Georgia's government during Reconstruction (Political party)
  3. 3. As a result of the black legislators being removed, the capital was moved to ___
  4. 5. The 14th Amendment gave ______ to all freed slaves
  5. 8. The ________ Party favored improving rights and freedoms of freedmen
  6. 9. ______ Reconstruction Plan favored more punishment of the South
  7. 11. His plan wanted to help the South recover as quickly as possible on friendly terms
  8. 12. The 13th amendment abolished ____
  9. 13. Sharecroppers and Tenant Farmers lived in a cycle of debt and ____
  10. 16. Under Lincoln's plan, only __% 0f southerners had to pledge allegiance to the Constitution