Reconstruction Crossword

6. a deal informally arranged among US congressmen that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election
10. term for a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
12. popular name for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
14. required all 50 states's white males to take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the union
15. amendment, amendment that granted African American men the right to vote

1. a hate organization that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda
2. amendment that granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US - including former slaves
3. 19th president who oversaw the end of reconstruction and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War
4. political party who dedicated their time to emancipating slaves and equal treatment of all
5. economic crisis set off by the collapse of the two largest employers
7. type of farming in which families rent a piece of land from a landowner
8. the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens
9. farming, when landowners contribute their land while tenants contribute their labor
11. restrictive laws to limit freedom of African Americans
13. Derogatory term for southerners that supported the Reconstruction policies and efforts after the Civil War.