s8 crossword puzzle SS

2. the idea that political authority belongs to the people
3. the forced separation of people of different races in public places
5. the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
9. slave states that didn't join any side during the war and were in between the 2 opposing halves of the US
12. a political party formed to stop the spread of slavery in the west
13. a special tax that a person had to pay in order to vote
14. an escaped slave who joined the union army in the civil war
16. a law that enforced segregation in southern states

1. a law that allowed voters in kansas and nebraska to choose whether or not to allow slavery
4. the period following the civil war where the us attempted to reunite the states and rebuild the southern states
6. to formally withdraw from the union
7. the process used by a legislative body to bring charges against the wrongdoing of a public official
8. a system used after the civil war in which farmers worked on land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops
10. a type of war which an army destroys its opponents ability to fight by targeting civilian, economic, and military resources
11. a federal outpost in charleston, california that was attacked by the confederates in 1861 which sparked the civil war
15. law passed in the southern states during reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans