Across
- 3. Reconstruction acts that separated the south into five districts which were run by generals
- 4. An act that allowed the President to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to defeat the KKK
- 7. The name of the president of the confederacy. Believed in white superiority
- 8. A bill that decided half of the Confederate voting population must pledge loyalty to the Union before rejoining
- 11. The name of the famed Confederate general who was responsible for nearly winning the war for the South
- 12. A congressional power which allows the Legislative Branch to try and potential remove executive officials
- 14. Notable senator who advocated for the abolition of slavery very early on
- 15. Radical Republican politician who was a very strong proponent of Black freedom
- 19. A mean term for northerners who moved south after the Civil war (often for personal gain)
- 20. An institution which used forced labor to create products at cheap prices (predominantly in the South)
- 21. The name of a new political party created at the start of the Civil war era
- 22. A measure designed to limit the President's ability to remove officials without Senate consent
- 23. The Reconstruction plan where Southern states could get a portion of their males to decide Congressional seats
- 26. A series of three constitutional amendments that granted black americans progressively more rights
- 27. The name of the town that hosted the "turning point" battle of the Civil War, where Lincoln delivered his famous address
- 28. The name of a famous Union general turned president
- 29. The name of a man who sued Abe Lincoln for suspending the writ of habeas corpus
- 30. Lincoln's VP who became president after the untimely assassination
- 31. An act that established two new states and allowed them to vote on if they were slave states or not
- 32. An act that gave all persons born in the US citizenship "without distinction of race or color"
Down
- 1. The name of the war of secession in the US
- 2. Often considered "slavery part 2", restrictions on Black Americans after their emancipation
- 5. A political party that wanted to restore the southern democrats and white supremacy
- 6. A white southerner who (often for personal gain) supported reconstruction by the north
- 9. The President during the Civil War who championed Black freedom
- 10. The protection that guarantees a person will be sent to court (can't be arrested and held indefinitely)
- 13. An act that guaranteed access to public facilities for all citizens regardless of race
- 16. The name for a large land purchase that was originally viewed as extremely useless
- 17. A court decision that ruled slaves couldn't sue as they weren't considered people
- 18. A law passed by the south that allowed them to recapture escaped slaves
- 24. A group established to help displaced black southerners and former slaves
- 25. The name given to an event where the French put a new leader in Mexico who President Lincoln refused to acknowledge