WIN Crossword

3. The white supremacist hate group that was formed after the Civil War was the Ku _______ Klan.
7. When a jury can’t reach a decision, it is called a what?
9. The period after the Civil War where America tried to rebuild itself.
10. A time of artistic and cultural creativity that happened in the neighborhood called Harlem in New York City was called the ___________ Renaissance.
12. A responsibility that a citizen has because they live and benefit from the services provided to them.
13. The group of people who advise the President.
18. ___________,paying taxes, obeying laws, attending school, signing up for the draft are all examples of person’s civic duty.
20. A meeting in which people attempt to resolve conflicts and create solutions to issues.
21. In the Electoral College, it is ____________ takes all of the votes.
23. _________________ Resistance was a peaceful way to achieve a goal through nonviolence.
24. The Supreme Court Case from 1896 that made separate but equal legal was called _____________ vs. Ferguson.
26. A series of laws that required the return of enslaved people to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
27. A series of local laws that legalized racial segregation and discrimination.

1. How are the number of electoral votes decided?
2. Martin _____________ King Jr. was a Civil Rights leader who was assassinated in 1968.
4. A secret network of routes and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom was called the ______________ Railroad
5. _______________ vs. the Board of Education was the ruling that desegregated schools.
6. In America, after the Civil War, things were supposed to be ____________ but equal.
8. What is the group of people who elect the president called?
11. This person is head of the Executive Branch.
14. Creating a fair environment that brings people of different racial or ethnic backgrounds together.
15. A US state where the two major political parties have similar support are called what?
16. A group of people who give a judgement in a legal case.
17. The group of states that left the United States during the Civil War were called what?
19. To cruelly use power or authority against a group of people.
20. The war that was fought in the United States between the North and the South was called what?
22. If no one wins 270 votes needed to become president, who chooses the President?
25. How many Electoral votes are needed to win the Presidency? _____ hundred and seventy.