Ethan Zhang - Reconstruction Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. President after Lincoln who added new rules for rich Confederates to rejoin the U.S.
  2. 7. When children worked long hours, often in the dangerous textile factories.
  3. 9. Law that made former slaves citizens and gave them equal rights.
  4. 13. Law that gave African American men the right to vote.
  5. 14. Sections of the South controlled by the U.S. Army during Reconstruction.
  6. 15. The idea to allow all children could go to school, not just the rich.
  7. 19. Growth of factories and machines in the South after the Civil War.
  8. 22. Organization that helped former slaves with food, jobs, and education, but faced opposition from groups like the KKK.
  9. 23. When Southern states broke away from the United States before the Civil War.
  10. 27. The South’s most important crop, even after the Civil War.
  11. 28. African Americans who served in government during Reconstruction who were eventually removed but supported universal education.
Down
  1. 1. Promise people in the South had to make to support the U.S government
  2. 3. Keeping people of different races apart in schools, jobs, and other places.
  3. 4. Law that prevented people whose grandfathers couldn’t vote from voting; disenfranchised African Americans
  4. 5. President who wanted to bring the country back together quickly after the Civil War.
  5. 6. Laws that created segregation and took away African American rights after Reconstruction.
  6. 8. A form of land transportation for people and goods on rail. Increased after the Civil War.
  7. 10. Money people had to pay to vote; disenfranchised African Americans
  8. 11. A reading test some people had to pass to vote; disenfranchised African Americans
  9. 12. Factories that turned cotton into cloth; became more popular in the South after Civil War.
  10. 16. Group in Congress who wanted to help African Americans and strongly opposed slavery.
  11. 17. Law that ended slavery in the United States.
  12. 18. Type of Reconstruction led by Congress to protect African American rights and punish the South.
  13. 20. Taking away someone’s right to vote.
  14. 21. Official forgiveness given to former Confederates so they could rejoin the U.S.
  15. 24. When a president is charged with breaking the law; happened to President Johnson.
  16. 25. Farming system where people rented land but normally brought their own tools.
  17. 26. Farming system where poor people were given land and tools and gave part of their crops as payment.
  18. 29. Secret group that used threats and violence to stop African Americans from using their rights to vote.