Reconstruction Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. Release from punishment
  2. 5. A member of the community with rights and responsibilities
  3. 6. Tell us which actions are crimes; people who are convicted for committing those crimes are published by society
  4. 9. Separating
  5. 10. landowners provided a cabin, a mule, tools, and plot of land to farm to an individual; in return, the individual gave a share of his crop to the landowner
  6. 12. The participation of ordinary citizens in the process of government (example: voting)
  7. 16. Military law; people are tried by military courts (known as courts-martial) and have to follow military rules; these rules are much stricter than other forms of law
  8. 17. To rebuild
  9. 18. Formerly enslaved men
  10. 19. white Southerners who supported Reconstruction efforts
Down
  1. 1. Things citizens must do, such as pay taxes, respect the law, and register with the Selective Service.
  2. 2. Immigrants in the US who become citizens; today, a person must be at least 18 years old; be a lawful permanent resident; live in the US for 5 years; pass a test on US history and government; and take an oath of allegiance to become a US citizen.
  3. 3. allowed men to vote, without paying a poll tax or meeting a literacy requirement, if they voted before 1867. This eligibility to vote (without pay a tax or meeting a literacy requirement) was passed on to that male’s ancestors
  4. 5. a term of abuse used by Southern newspapers, which meant that the Northerners were able to fit all of their belongings into a few bags made of carpet, and that they came to exploit (take advantage of) the South.
  5. 7. A government office or department that deals with specific problems or provides specific services
  6. 8. Individuals who rented land from the landowner but provided their own tools and provisions.
  7. 11. Establish rules for how people should treat one another in business and in private life. For example, rules for enforcing contracts or rules for making those who cause careless accidents pay for the damage they have caused.
  8. 13. special tax that had to be paid before voting
  9. 14. The rules that we all must live by
  10. 15. The ability to read