Reconstruction Crowssword

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Across
  1. 2. Farmers who supply their own tools and rent farmland for cash
  2. 5. An amendment that prohibits the denial of voting rights to people because of their race or color
  3. 6. The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War
  4. 7. A federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War
  5. 9. A bill vetoed by Abraham Lincoln, that would have given Congress control of reconstruction
  6. 10. Congressional Republicans who wanted to take away governing powers of former slave holders
  7. 12. A terrorist group founded by former Confederates, who attempted to restore white supremacy and prevent African Americans from expressing their political rights
  8. 13. A system in which land owners reward their workers in return for a part of the crops they raise
Down
  1. 1. Radical Republican, a Representative of Pennsylvania
  2. 3. Abraham Lincoln's successor
  3. 4. The process of accusing a public official of wrong doing
  4. 5. An amendment that all persons born or naturalized in the US citizens of the country
  5. 8. The first American Senator
  6. 11. Discriminatory laws passed that severely restricted African Americans' lives