Reconstruction

2. A farming system where poor farmers, often former slaves, worked land owned by others in exchange for a share of the crops, usually keeping them in debt.
6. Laws passed in 1870–71 to stop KKK violence and protect African Americans' right to vote, hold office, and get equal protection.
10. The 17th president of the U.S., who succeeded Lincoln and was impeached for opposing Radical Reconstruction efforts.
11. Deal that gave Hayes the presidency in exchange for ending Reconstruction by pulling federal troops from the South.
14. A group of Congressmen who wanted to punish the South for the Civil War and ensure full rights for African Americans.
15. A white supremacist terrorist group that used violence and intimidation to oppose Reconstruction and civil rights for African Americans.
17. Gave African American men the right to vote by stating that voting rights could not be denied based on race, color, or previous servitude.
18. Agency that helped former slaves with food, education, and jobs.
19. 1867 law that divided the South into military districts and required new state governments and ratification of the 14th Amendment.

1. A severe economic depression that shifted national attention away from Reconstruction.
3. Reading test used to suppress Black voters.
4. Abolished slavery in the United States.
5. Granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
7. A Northerner who moved South during Reconstruction, often to help rebuild or to gain political or economic opportunities.
8. Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South.
9. Fee required to vote, used to keep Black people from voting.
12. Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans and keep them in a position similar to slavery.
13. The period after the Civil War (1865–1877) when the U.S. government worked to reintegrate Southern states and rebuild the South.
16. 19th president of the United States, elected after the Compromise of 1877; oversaw the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.
18. General Sherman’s order giving land ("40 acres and a mule") to formerly enslaved people; later revoked.