Reconstruction Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. allow the south's __ participation in Congress
  2. 4. the amendment that grants citizenship to people born in the United States, including former enslaved people
  3. 6. the guy that took over reconstruction after Lincoln was assassinated
  4. 12. __ and protect civil rights for black people
  5. 14. the amendment that forbids slavery and involuntary servitude unless used as a punishment
  6. 16. readmitting the southern states and allowing their future involvement in congress falls under this category of goals
  7. 17. the things the government wanted to accomplish during reconstruction
  8. 19. the guy who started post-war preparations before a formal surrender happened
  9. 20. the amendment that allowed black men to vote
Down
  1. 1. the branch of government that assumed responsibility for reconstruction with the president
  2. 2. when a person buys a portion of land from a landowner in exchange for some of their crops
  3. 5. the 13th, 14th, and 15th were added during reconstruction
  4. 7. the economy the government wanted to restore after the war
  5. 8. a person that occupies land that's being rented from a landlord
  6. 9. an organization made in 1865 by Congress that helped former slaves and poor white people in the south after the war
  7. 10. political, economical, and __
  8. 11. restoring the southern economy and rebuilding structures fall under this category of goals
  9. 13. a plan made by Lincoln t allow past confederate states back into the Union after a portion of their voters took an oath to the Union
  10. 15. the time period after the Civil War that was used to focus on the rebuilding of the U.S.
  11. 18. the racist and white supremacist group that achieved their political goals during the reconstruction era (last word in their name)