US History Crossword
Across
- 3. The withdrawal of Southern states from the Union.
- 6. Pardoning, often of Confederate soldiers after the war.
- 7. Refers to Lincoln’s death at the hands of John Wilkes Booth.
- 8. Former enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War.
- 9. The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding and integrating freed slaves.
- 10. The Northern states during the Civil War.
- 11. The movement to end slavery in the United States.
- 12. Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction.
- 14. Southern whites who supported Reconstruction efforts.
Down
- 1. The group of Southern states that seceded during the Civil War.
- 2. Codes Laws passed in the South during Reconstruction to limit freedmen's rights.
- 3. System where freedmen and poor whites farmed land for a share of the crops.
- 4. The act of freeing enslaved people, especially tied to a famous proclamation.
- 5. Site of a major Civil War battle and a famous address by Lincoln.
- 13. Republicans who pushed for harsher measures during Reconstruction.