Reconstruction (AMS 25-26)

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Across
  1. 1. _____ Republicans, group in Congress who wanted to punish the South and protect rights of African Americans during Reconstruction.
  2. 3. Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born in the U.S., including formerly enslaved people.
  3. 6. _____ of 1876, ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South.
  4. 7. ______ Bureau, federal agency that helped formerly enslaved people with food, schools, jobs, and legal support.
  5. 9. Black _____, restrictive Southern laws designed to control the movement, labor, and rights of freedmen after the Civil War.
Down
  1. 1. Period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and redefining freedom for formerly enslaved people.
  2. 2. Abolished slavery in the United States (With the exception of prison labor).
  3. 4. Guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on race.
  4. 5. State laws created after Reconstruction that enforced racial segregation and discrimination in the South.
  5. 8. ______ Democrats, members of the Democratic Party from the southern states who generally supported white supremacy, opposed civil rights for Black Americans, and resisted Reconstruction policies after the Civil War.