Reconstruction and the New South

2. enslaved people who had been freed by the war
5. northern whites who went south to start businesses or pursue political office
7. Lincoln's assassin
8. elected president in 1876
11. laborer who works the land for the land owner in exchange for a share of the crop value
14. new laws used by states to control African Americans
16. elected president in 1868 due to war hero status
19. tax to be paid before voting
20. process of taking away voting rights
22. amendment passed in Jan 1865 that banned slavery
24. amendment passed in 1869 which prevented states from denying African American males suffrage on condition of race, color, or previous servitude
26. provision that required voters to have a father or grandfather who was able to vote prior to 1867
27. forced separation of races
28. Supreme Court Case that established the idea of "separate but equal"

1. enroll or record officially, like to vote
3. 1st African American US Senator
4. test to see if person could read or write as way to keep certain people from voting
6. Lincoln's VP and later president
9. southern whites who opposed secession
10. process of reuniting the US and CSA after the Civil War
12. easy way to remember the Reconstruction Amendments
13. amendment passed in 1866 that gave citizenship and civil rights to all Americans except Natives
15. a group pardon
17. African American US Senator
18. bringing formal charges against a public official
21. president wanted to make it easy for the former CSA to rejoin the USA
23. common name for segregation laws in the US after the Civil War
25. secret society with goal to terrorize African Americans, white allies, and other "undesirables"\