Effects of the Civil War

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Across
  1. 5. _________ was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
  2. 11. Many __________, mostly of Irish, German, or Scandinavian descent, came to the US looking for a better life.
  3. 12. Former Union general who became president as a result of the election of 1868.
Down
  1. 1. An organized group of white supremacists who despise African-Americans
  2. 2. Became president when the previous was assassinated and was also the first president to be impeached.
  3. 3. The abolishment of ________ led to millions of free black citizens.
  4. 4. The _____________ Railroad was finished in 1869 when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met. This was a result of the railroad boom after the Civil War
  5. 6. The ______ Act of 1872 outlawed former Confederates from voting or holding office.
  6. 7. The aftermath of the Civil War left the former ____________ devastated and in shambles.
  7. 8. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth ________ made all people born in the US citizens and gave African-American men the right to vote, respectfully.
  8. 9. The period of history after the Civil War, from 1865 to 1877.
  9. 10. This system separates colored people from whites in society