Unit 7: Reconstruction Era Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War and became involved in politics or business
  2. 4. Formerly enslaved African Americans who gained their freedom after the Civil War. Sometimes referred to as Freedmen as well
  3. 6. Laws passed in Texas and other Southern states that limited the rights and freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War
  4. 9. The right to vote in elections
  5. 10. Resistance or disagreement against a leader, policy, or government action
Down
  1. 1. The rights guaranteed to citizens by law, including equal treatment and protection under the law
  2. 3. White Southerners who supported the Republican Party during Reconstruction
  3. 5. The period after the Civil War, when the United States worked to reunite the country and rebuild the Southern states
  4. 7. The forced separation of people based on race
  5. 8. June 19, 1865, the day Union soldiers announced that enslaved people in Texas were free. Celebrated as a state holiday and expanding to be recognized at the federal level