Reconstruction Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. this amendment granted voting rights to African American males
  2. 2. a test designed to prevent African Americans from exercising their ability to vote
  3. 4. someone who worked the land for the landowner in exchange for a share of the value of the crop
  4. 7. laws that established segregation in public facilities
  5. 10. set limits on who could vote if their grandfather had voted in previous elections
  6. 11. this amendment abolished slavery
  7. 12. a payment designed to restrict African Americans from voting
  8. 13. time period following the Civil War that focused on rebuilding the South
Down
  1. 1. organization designed to help former slaves (education, employment, healthcare, legal assistance) following the Civil War
  2. 3. 17th President of the United States; offered full pardons to Confederate soldiers; did not support rights for African Americans
  3. 5. a Supreme Court case that ruled "separate but equal was equal"; made segregation legal
  4. 6. this amendment granted citizenship to former slaves
  5. 8. wanted harsh punishments for the South following the Civil War; supported rights for African Americans
  6. 9. 16th President of the United States; wanted to reunite the South quickly following the Civil War