Reconstruction Review

3. The period after the Civil War is known as __________.
4. ________ were laws passed immediately after the Civil War to restrict the rights of African Americans.
7. President _______ was a former Union general who served as president from 1869 to 1877.
8. The 13th, 14th, and 15th __________ were ratified during Reconstruction.
10. Poll taxes and literacy tests were used to stop African Americans from ________.
11. Segregation laws in the South were also known as ________ laws.
13. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that "_________" segregation was legal.
14. Landowners used the system of ________ to replaced slavery after the Civil War. This system led to a cycle of poverty and debt.
15. Groups like the White League and the _______ used violence against Freedmen and Republican voters.

1. Southern Democrat Andrew ______ became president after Lincoln was assassinated.
2. The Radical ________ in Congress wanted to punish the South after the Civil War.
5. The _________ is considered the event that ended Reconstruction in 1877.
6. The _________ was an organization that provided food, clothing, schools, and other resources to former slaves.
9. President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as the ________.
12. Former slaves were known as _________ after the Civil War.