Reconstruction

1. Someone who supports major or extreme political or social change
8. The legal doctrine established by the 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson
9. President who was impeached by the House but not removed by the Senate
10. The process by which a government official, such as the president, is formally accused of wrongdoing or misconduct while in office
11. Formerly enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War and sought to build new lives as independent citizens

2. The act of publicly supporting or arguing in favor of a cause or policy
3. Insult given to Northerners who came to the South during Reconstruction
4. The act of granting the right to vote or extending political rights to a group that had previously been excluded
5. The act of formally withdrawing from an organization or political union
6. Last name of President Lincoln's assassin
7. The power of the president to reject a bill passed by Congress