Unit 5: Reconstruction

2. a confrontation from July 1876 that changed the direction of Reconstruction history and proved the Republican government could not protect its own citizens
5. period of rebuilding
9. Northerners who pushed most for civl rights for freedmen and changes in southern behavior
10. the fourteenth amendment granted _ to all persons born in the U.S and equal protection
11. under Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, _ percent of the state had to swear allegiance to the U.S. for readmission
13. black leader and first black man ever elected to Congress from any state
14. harsh restrictions placed on freedmen by southern legislatures
16. Confederate state President Andrew Jackson was from
17. Participation for black voters peaked with the passing of the _ amendment
18. in 1873, the national economy experienced a severe _ or serious downturn

1. persons who appeared to have no work or permanent home
3. southern whites who cooperated with blacks and Republicans
4. Congress passed the _ of 1866 which invalidated any state laws that discriminated against race
6. the most rapidly growing religious denomination during Reconstruction
7. Black Ohio soldier believed to be murdered by the KKK
8. first agency of the U.S. government to provide direct welfare assistance to citizens
12. the first efforts to restore the southern states back to the union were made by presidents Abraham Lincoln and _
15. northerners who came south after the war