Across
- 2. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War, also the turning point that made Southern victory seem unlikely.
- 5. Group of congressmen led by Thaddeus Stevens which promoted the rights of African-Americans.
- 10. Mississippi city that was seized on July 4, 1863 giving the Union complete access to the Mississippi River.
- 11. President during most of Congressional Reconstruction also known for having major scandals during his tenure (Credit Mobilier and Whiskey Ring)
- 12. Amendment which provides African-Americans with due process of law and citizenship.
- 15. Document that freed slaves in Confederate states and changed the nature of the Civil War.
- 17. Supreme Court cases that basically make the 14th Amendment useless and only apply to Federal property, not state.
- 18. type of farming that replaced slavery for many African-Americans after emancipation.
- 19. Amendment which abolished slavery
Down
- 1. Right that was rescinded through executive order in 1861 when secessionists in Maryland harassing Union troops.
- 3. General who burned Atlanta
- 4. Pre-emancipation laws that allowed formerly enslaved people to be freed by the Union Army.
- 6. 1872 law that gave former Confederate leaders the right to vote in Federal elections.
- 7. State where the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter.
- 8. Bloodiest single day in American history which led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
- 9. President who ushered in Presidential Reconstruction, was very racist, and was impeached.
- 13. Last name of the Republican president who ended Reconstruction and came to power as a result of the Compromise of 1877.
- 14. laws issued just after emancipation to control the newly freed population (precursor to Jim Crow Laws)
- 16. these major outbursts of anger took place in NYC in 1863 after a conscription act was passed, but rich people could buy their way out.