Reconstruction Crossword

2. Amendment that protected the right to vote regardless of race.
3. Southern laws restricting the freedom of African Americans after the war.
5. The Reconstruction Acts divided the South into five military ___.
9. The Freedmen’s ___ helped provide aid to former slaves.
10. President who proposed the Ten Percent Plan.
12. Constitutional amendment guaranteeing citizenship and equal protection.
14. Secretary of War who Johnson tried to fire, triggering impeachment.
16. Era after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves.
17. The side that won the Civil War and sought to reintegrate the South.

1. The process Johnson faced for violating the Tenure of Office Act.
2. Congressional laws allowing military action to suppress voter intimidation.
4. Violent group that terrorized freedmen during Reconstruction (abbreviation).
6. The 1866 Act focused on protecting these for freedmen.
7. Johnson offered this to thousands of former Confederates who took loyalty oaths.
8. The ___ of Office Act limited the president’s power to fire officials.
11. President who enforced civil rights laws and fought the KKK.
12. Term for formerly enslaved African Americans during and after the Civil War.
13. Congressional Republicans who pushed for full rights for freedmen and tough Southern policies.
15. Formal forgiveness given by President Johnson to many Southerners.