Reconstruction Crossword
Across
- 3. allow the south's __ participation in Congress
- 4. the amendment that grants citizenship to people born in the United States, including former enslaved people
- 6. the guy that took over reconstruction after Lincoln was assassinated
- 12. __ and protect civil rights for black people
- 14. the amendment that forbids slavery and involuntary servitude unless used as a punishment
- 16. readmitting the southern states and allowing their future involvement in congress falls under this category of goals
- 17. the things the government wanted to accomplish during reconstruction
- 19. the guy who started post-war preparations before a formal surrender happened
- 20. the amendment that allowed black men to vote
Down
- 1. the branch of government that assumed responsibility for reconstruction with the president
- 2. when a person buys a portion of land from a landowner in exchange for some of their crops
- 5. the 13th, 14th, and 15th were added during reconstruction
- 7. the economy the government wanted to restore after the war
- 8. a person that occupies land that's being rented from a landlord
- 9. an organization made in 1865 by Congress that helped former slaves and poor white people in the south after the war
- 10. political, economical, and __
- 11. restoring the southern economy and rebuilding structures fall under this category of goals
- 13. a plan made by Lincoln t allow past confederate states back into the Union after a portion of their voters took an oath to the Union
- 15. the time period after the Civil War that was used to focus on the rebuilding of the U.S.
- 18. the racist and white supremacist group that achieved their political goals during the reconstruction era (last word in their name)