Reconstruction Review

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Across
  1. 3. The period after the Civil War is known as __________.
  2. 4. ________ were laws passed immediately after the Civil War to restrict the rights of African Americans.
  3. 7. President _______ was a former Union general who served as president from 1869 to 1877.
  4. 8. The 13th, 14th, and 15th __________ were ratified during Reconstruction.
  5. 10. Poll taxes and literacy tests were used to stop African Americans from ________.
  6. 11. Segregation laws in the South were also known as ________ laws.
  7. 13. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that "_________" segregation was legal.
  8. 14. Landowners used the system of ________ to replaced slavery after the Civil War. This system led to a cycle of poverty and debt.
  9. 15. Groups like the White League and the _______ used violence against Freedmen and Republican voters.
Down
  1. 1. Southern Democrat Andrew ______ became president after Lincoln was assassinated.
  2. 2. The Radical ________ in Congress wanted to punish the South after the Civil War.
  3. 5. The _________ is considered the event that ended Reconstruction in 1877.
  4. 6. The _________ was an organization that provided food, clothing, schools, and other resources to former slaves.
  5. 9. President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as the ________.
  6. 12. Former slaves were known as _________ after the Civil War.