Reconstruction
Across
- 3. Program implanted by the federal government between 1865 and 1877 to repair damage to the South caused by the Civil War and restore the Southern states to the Union.
- 5. Federal agency designed to aid freed slaves and poor white farmers in the south after the civil war.
- 6. Segregation imposed by law.
- 7. Congressman who advocate full citizenship rights for African Americans along with harsh reconstruction policy toward the south.
- 8. Abolished slavery in the U.S. and provides "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude".
- 9. Supreme court ruling stating that slaves were not citizens, congress had no territories, and the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional.
- 12. American politician who was U.S. representative and senator from Mississippi.
- 13. Reformer who sought to end slavery.
- 16. Principle in which the people are the only source of government power.
- 17. 17th president of the U.S.
- 18. Machine invented in 1793 to separate the cotton fiber from the seeds.
- 19. Amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of laws.
Down
- 1. Segragation laws enacted in the South after Reconstruction.
- 2. government of 11 southern states that seceded for the united states and fought against the union in the civil war.
- 4. Accusation against a public official of wrongdoing in office.
- 10. Political agreement that allowed California to be admitted as a free state by allowing popular sovereignty in the territories and enacting a stricter fugitive slave law.
- 11. The 16th president of the united states.
- 14. Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote.
- 15. Organization that promotes hatred and discrimination against specific ethnic and religious groups.