Reconstruction Crossword

5. the group of southern states that left the union
8. Amendment, this amendment abolished slavery
9. Johnson, a reconstruction president who came right after Lincoln
12. Amendment, this amendment allowed African Americans to vote
13. Amendment, this amendment granted birthright citizenship to black people
14. Buraeu ,a government agency that helped freedmen
15. former slaves who have been freed
16. E. Lee, confederate general whose death shook up the nation

1. Douglas, African American diplomat who fought for equality during reconstruction
2. Codes, laws in the south that oppressed African Americans
3. white hate group that attacked African Americans
4. a time period that followed the civil war
6. Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
7. the banned practice that caused the civil war
10. B. Hayes, the president who ended the reconstruction era
11. S. Grant, Reconstruction president and former Union General