Across
- 2. Economic disaster that rendered thousands homeless and where President Grant continued to back money with gold
- 5. The first names of the masterminds of the Gould-Fisk scheme were _____ and _____
- 8. A system similiar to serfdom in which the landowner provides all resources to the person in exchange for splitting the produce as agreed upon in the contract
- 10. Freedom to southern blacks meant many things, and one of those were migrating to cities where freedom was _____
- 11. What was the paper currency of the US?
- 13. Which party was reserved mostly to the north-northestern US?
- 15. Racist laws implemented in ex-Confederate states
- 17. Who won the Election of 1876?
- 19. Insiders gave stock to members of Congress who were easily-influenced to avoid being investigated over the profits they were making
- 20. Who had the power to determine if the reconstructed states could re-enter the Union?
Down
- 1. The south would permit Hayes' ascension to the presidency if the north removed federal troops from the south and if Hayes would sponsor a southern transcontinental railway
- 3. Nickname given to northern reconstructionists by southerners
- 4. Required 50% of a state's population to pledge loyalty to the US and only allowed non-Confederates to vote on new state constitutions
- 6. Secretary of War under President Johnson
- 7. Who was the boss of New York's Democratic party that also master-minded schemes to garner money for his corrupt friends?
- 9. Prohibited the president from removing a federal official or military leader without the approval of the Senate
- 12. Who was the first Grand Wizard of the KKK?
- 14. Besides overhauling taxes, how did republicans pay for internal improvements during the era?
- 16. White supremacist group
- 18. How many votes did Horace Greeley have when the electoral vote was counted?