Across
- 3. (1865-1877) rebuilding of the South after the Civil War
- 4. A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote (2 words)
- 12. A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
- 14. agreement that ended Reconstruction: __________________ of 1877
- 15. 16th President of the United States; assassinated before he could implement his Reconstruction plan (last name)
- 16. Senator who is considered to be a leader of the Radical Republicans (2 words)
- 18. Amendment that granted citizenship to all people born in the USA; ensured equal protection under the law
- 19. Democrat from TN who became the 17th President; clashed with Radicals over Reconstruction; later impeached (2 words)
- 21. charging a public official with a crime
- 22. government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves securing housing and food, and find jobs (2 words)
- 24. A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops
- 28. Johnson's ____________ Plan detailed the way he would handle the Reconstruction effort.
- 29. _______________ Clause: allows people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted
Down
- 1. idea upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal (3 words)
- 2. early attempt by Radicals to control Reconstruction; would have been very harsh on South if it wasn't vetoed by Lincoln (3 words)
- 5. Secretary of War fired by Johnson, leading to his impeachment (2 words)
- 6. Amendment that abolished slavery
- 7. under Lincoln's plan, the number of registered voters needed to take an oath in order for their state to be readmitted into the union (2 words)
- 8. laws designed to enforce segregation of Blacks from Whites (2 words)
- 9. Amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote
- 10. Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal": ______________ v. Ferguson (1896)
- 11. last name of the former Union general who became the 18th President of the United States
- 13. Law which stated the President could not fire a Cabinet member without permission from the Senate (4 words)
- 17. last name of the Democrat who lost the 1876 election by 1 vote thanks to the Compromise of 1877
- 20. A secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in Southern states after the Civil War (3 words)
- 23. laws designed to recreate the conditions of slavery and limit the rights of African Americans (2 words)
- 25. legal forgiveness of a crime, often granted by the President
- 26. political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern States after Civil War: _________________ Republicans
- 27. last name of the Republican who became the 19th President as a result of the Compromise of 1877