Reconstruction Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. This word was used to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the south for financial and/or political gain
  2. 3. This ended in 1877 as a result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876
  3. 5. This is a word to describe republicans who were more extreme in their views
  4. 7. The amendment that granted citizenship to all people born in the US
  5. 8. This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War
  6. 9. The belief that everyone is created equally
  7. 11. Separating people based on the color of their skin
  8. 14. The amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
  9. 15. The Bureau that was created to aid former slaves in the south
  10. 19. This man was a powerful voice for human and civil liberties for All until his death in 1895
  11. 22. Robert Lee became the symbol of this movement which celebrated the leaders of the confederacy as fighters for a just cause
  12. 23. These laws restricted the rights of African Americans and segregated black and white southerners
  13. 25. The amendment that banned slavery except if you are convicted of a felony
Down
  1. 2. The era of rebuilding the South after the Civil War
  2. 4. What percentage of voters in the south had to accept the end of slavery?
  3. 6. Someone who wanted to abolish slavery
  4. 10. He was a confederate general and wanted to reunite Americans following the civil war
  5. 12. During reconstruction, Southern stated created more public _____ and new state institutions
  6. 13. These troops supervised the South during Reconstruction
  7. 16. The political party that Lincoln was a part of
  8. 17. Southern Stated adopted Black ______ to limit the economic and physical freedom of former slaves
  9. 18. Lincoln was _________ at Fords Theatre immediately following the end of the Civil War
  10. 20. Souther states had to rewrite their ________ that adopted the 14th amendment
  11. 21. Slavery is illegal except if you have been convicted of a _____
  12. 24. The political party of the south and racism