Vocab #5

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Across
  1. 4. piece of land set aside by government for Native Americans; often undesirable land that settlers didn't want
  2. 5. term used to refer to Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction
  3. 9. unjust or prejudicial treatment of different groups of people
  4. 11. voting requirement that forced citizens to prove they could read; used to disenfranchise African Americans
  5. 14. federal law that granted 160 acres of land in the west to anyone
  6. 15. laws passed by Southern states after Civil War to restrict African Americans' freedom; precursor to Jim Crow Laws
  7. 16. first railroad line to go across the United States
Down
  1. 1. forced abandonment of one's culture in favor of another group's culture
  2. 2. home built from sod
  3. 3. belief that America was destined by God to conquer the west
  4. 6. tax that had to be paid before voting; used in Southern states to disenfranchise African Americans
  5. 7. town that experienced sudden, rapid economic or population growth; often caused by gold rush, railroads, or mining
  6. 8. laws passed by Southern states that legalized racial discrimination/segregation
  7. 10. separation of people based on race
  8. 12. a vast prairie region in the central United States
  9. 13. system where a landowner allowed a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced; often led to a cycle of debt and poverty