Reconstruction

1. A law granting African Americans the same legal rights as white Americans.
6. A group of Congressmen who pushed for harsh penalties on Southern states and equal rights for African Americans.
9. The period after the Civil War during which the Southern states were rebuilt and reintegrated into the Union.
10. Laws enforcing racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction.
11. A fee required to vote, aimed at disenfranchising African Americans and poor whites.
14. Reading and writing requirements used to prevent African Americans from voting.
15. The political agreement that ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South in exchange for Rutherford B. Hayes becoming president.
16. A federal agency created to assist freed slaves and poor whites with food, education, and legal matters.
17. Abraham Lincoln’s proposal offering amnesty to Southerners if 10% of voters pledged loyalty to the Union and accepted the end of slavery.
18. A law that allowed people to bypass literacy tests if their ancestors had voted before Reconstruction, excluding African Americans.
19. The constitutional amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States.
20. A secret society that used terror to oppose African American civil rights and Reconstruction efforts.

2. Southern Democrats who sought to end Reconstruction reforms and restore white supremacy.
3. A stricter Congressional plan for Reconstruction requiring Southern voters to swear they had never supported the Confederacy.
4. Laws passed in the South to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War.
5. Granted citizenship to anyone born in the U.S., provided equal protection under the law, and extended federal authority over civil rights.
7. A severe economic crisis caused by railroad bankruptcy, contributing to the end of Reconstruction.
8. Granted African American men the right to vote, increasing the political participation of freedmen.
12. Northern Republicans who moved to the South after the Civil War to participate in Reconstruction.
13. A Supreme Court case upholding "separate but equal" racial segregation.