Across
- 3. The Civil Rights Acts eventually becomes part of the momentum for Congress to pass an amendment to the constitution of equal protection and extends rights to all states and citizens
- 4. President following Reconstruction who was shot in the back, there were many political figures worldwide being assassinated during this time period as social class ideals were being challenged in Europe
- 7. Enacted during the Civil War in 1862 and continued in the western U.S. after, it provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to live on and “improve” their plot by cultivating the land
- 8. The first idea of 40 acres (and later a mule) originated during this Union generals’ march across Georgia, literally scorching the path they went through and seeing vacant land. He wanted to award this land to the freed slaves
- 11. Because so many new farms popped up out west from 1865 to 1900, this economic term made farm products decline in value, helping an economic depression occur in the 1870s
- 12. Abraham Lincoln's idea for the reconstruction of the south following the civil war was a reunion and this word almost meaning forgiveness, he was assassinated before being able to do this
- 13. This reconstruction bill defined all people born in the United States as citizens, including minorities, it was vetoed by the President, however, it was overridden by ⅔ majority to become a law.
- 14. This former general won the 1868 election
- 18. First African American to earn a degree from Harvard and was an advocate for rights of all African Americans, he was born during the the U.S. Reconstruction era
- 19. Russia asked the U.S. to buy this land for $7.2 Million dollars.
- 20. officials either accepting money or using political office more for their own gain than the general good
- 23. Shot a president in the back
- 24. The railroad, coupled with the vast grassland, really boomed this type of agriculture, making the U.S., even today, one of the largest producer and consumers of this (beef)
- 25. This Mostly northern political party saw that the Civil War was fought for equal civil rights and wanted to see the powers of the national government expanded to protect such rights
- 27. Reconstruction, new amendments to the constitution, on paper equal rights for all… but they really left out one specific group. This would rise back up later. Who are the specific people left out of these political circles?
- 28. Compromise of 1877 elected this man president in agreement to get Federal (still Union) troops out of the south, meaning no more protection for African Americans and their newly gained rights in the south
Down
- 1. Lasting until 1870, this federally appointed group could reassign abandoned land to the now freed slaves in the south
- 2. One of the reasons White Democrats regain control of the south’s government was because of this economic downturn term that happened in the 1870’s
- 5. A forced assimilation law pushed against the Native Americans to become farmers, like the majority of the American population
- 6. Connecting the train traffic from the Atlantic to the Pacific
- 9. Southern democrats of the post reconstruction era that claimed to have redeemed the south of northern Republican corruption and potential African American rule.
- 10. All “men” are allowed to vote regardless of race, but not gender, gender comes later
- 15. Tools, seed, a house, and a plot of land were given to people to help replace the labor shortage, owners got most of the crop and those working it kept a smaller amount of crop
- 16. An American white terrorist organization arose following the Civil War, they conducted murders, itimidations, and orcharstrated unrest in African American and African American’s advancement
- 17. Laws, more localized than anything, that purposely were created using Federal “Loopholes” for the primary purpose of hindering African American equal rights
- 21. Legal and binding local southern laws basically replaced the word “slave” with “negro” continuing to restrict African American rights during reconsturcion and following, this had to be later fixed due to its obvious inequality
- 22. The prairie was full of these, but most were killed for fur, sport, or just to eat their tongue
- 26. In most of the U.S.’ history, but especially to freed slaves during reconstruction, owning what was considered a path to freedom