Reconstruction Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Amendment – Which amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born in the United States?
  2. 5. Farming – What system involved farmers renting land and keeping their harvest after paying rent?
  3. 7. Klux Klan – Which white supremacist group used violence and intimidation to stop African Americans from gaining rights?
  4. 8. of 1877 – What agreement ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South?
  5. 10. Bureau – Which government agency was created to help formerly enslaved people with food, education, and legal support?
Down
  1. 1. – Which farming system required workers to give a portion of their harvest to the landowner in exchange for using the land?
  2. 2. Amendment – Which Constitutional amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
  3. 3. Codes – What were the restrictive laws designed to limit the freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War?
  4. 4. Amendment – Which amendment protected the voting rights of African American men by banning racial discrimination in voting?
  5. 6. – What nickname was given to Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction seeking political or economic opportunities?
  6. 9. Lien System – What credit system trapped many farmers in debt by forcing them to use future crops as collateral?