Reconstruction
Across
- 5. the effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the union
- 8. a Republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction
- 9. a secret organization of white men formed after the Civil War that used violence against African Americans
- 11. a formerly enslaved person
- 13. a temporary government
- 14. a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government
- 16. to record a person officially as eligible to vote
Down
- 1. to show, prove, or make clear
- 2. an official release from punishment for a crime
- 3. codes laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
- 4. a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
- 6. to cancel
- 7. to end: to stop doing an action
- 10. June 19th, the date celebrated a the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas
- 12. Required
- 15. to place a limit on a person or action