Civil War & Reconstruction

8. group of republicans that favor a more extreme approach to reconstruction; believed in equality
10. this amendment abolished slavery
12. loyalty to the interests of your section/region rather than then the country as a whole
16. Union's military plan
18. this amendment gave African American MALES the right to vote
20. divided the South into 5 military districts
22. time period after the Civil War where the nation rebuilt
23. first state to secede from the Union
24. confederacy general
25. legislative body that makes laws
26. Congress is part of this branch
27. to put an end to something
28. another word for emancipated slaves

1. government organization that gave food & clothes to freedmen & established schools
2. this amendment gave citizenship to all born in the U.S.
3. created the 36'30' line that banned slavery above the line
4. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the cruelties & evils of slavery
5. amendments change this document
6. union general
7. to withdraw formally from an organization (like the U.S.)
9. Lincoln declared all slaves living in the Confederacy free
11. became president in 1865, after Lincoln was assassinated
13. war between the Union and the confederacy
14. power of a president to refuse to sign a bill into law
15. battle that was the turning point of the Civil War
17. controversial election that led to southern states to secede
19. laws that limited the rights of freedmen
21. first battle of the Civil War