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- 4. Amendment granting African American men the right to vote.
- 6. Laws dividing the South into military districts and requiring states to guarantee African American voting rights.
- 9. Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction, often to seek political or economic opportunities.
- 14. The Reconstruction plan led by Abraham Lincoln and later Andrew Johnson that offered lenient terms for Southern states to rejoin the Union.
- 17. Southern Democrats who regained political control and sought to end Reconstruction.
- 19. Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party.
- 22. A government pardon for people who have committed political offenses, such as supporting the Confederacy.
- 23. Secretary of State who arranged the purchase of Alaska.
- 24. The period when Congress enforced stricter Reconstruction policies and military rule in the South.
- 26. A secret society that used violence and intimidation to oppose African American rights.
- 28. process by which a legislative body brings charges against a government official.
- 29. Democratic candidate in the disputed election of 1876.
- 30. Radical Republican senator who supported equal rights for African Americans.
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- 1. Reconstruction Also called Congressional Reconstruction; a period when Congress took control of Reconstruction and imposed stricter requirements on Southern states.
- 2. The period after the American Civil War during which the United States worked to rebuild the South and integrate formerly enslaved people into society.
- 3. A community built around a factory, especially textile mills in the South.
- 5. Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
- 7. Secretary of War whose dismissal by Johnson led to impeachment.
- 8. Laws in the South designed to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
- 10. Republican who became president after the Compromise of 1877.
- 11. Law limiting the president's power to remove certain officeholders without Senate approval.
- 12. Lincoln's plan allowing a Southern state to reenter the Union once 10% of its voters swore loyalty to the United States.
- 13. Formerly enslaved African Americans who gained freedom after the Civil War.
- 15. The vision of a diversified Southern economy based on industry rather than agriculture.
- 16. Farmers who rented land and paid rent with a share of their crops.
- 18. Members of Congress who wanted stricter Reconstruction policies and full civil rights for African Americans.
- 20. Leader of the Radical Republicans in the House who pushed for harsh Reconstruction policies.
- 21. Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
- 25. A federal agency that provided food, education, and assistance to freedmen after the Civil War.
- 27. A stricter Reconstruction plan requiring a majority of white male citizens to swear loyalty before readmission.