Reconstruction Crossword puzzle
Across
- 8. The 16th President of the United States who did not live to see the Reconstruction or Reunification of the Union.
- 10. An secret organization in the South that used violence towards African Americans.
- 12. A Northerner who moved to the South and try and benefit from the Southerners.
- 13. An organization created to help freed slaves with food, education, and medical care.
- 15. State laws that forced segregation and discrimination of the African American race in public places.
- 16. Allowed men of all races to vote, but not women.
- 17. A test given to African Americans as they attempted to vote. Many times, the freed slaves had no education and the test was un-passable, which local law makers used to prohibit the freed slaves the right to vote.
Down
- 1. Allowed anyone born in the United States to automatically be considered a citizen and have equal rights as a citizen.
- 2. Attitudes towards other races, opinions, and beliefs different than your own.
- 3. Republicans
- 4. 13th Amendment
- 5. Options
- 6. Local laws passed in the South that controlled freedmen's rights such as poll taxes or literacy tests.
- 7. Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan which required 10 percent of Southern state voters to pledge loyalty to the Union.
- 9. group of politicians in Congress who wanted to punish the South for the war.
- 11. The President of the United States whose Reconstruction Plan was similar to Lincoln's but needed more requirements from Southern States.
- 14. Learning a skill or trade (working with your hands)