Reconstruction

3. Slaves that attempted to escape their masters in the South.
6. Led the Radical Republicans in Congress
8. 19th President of the United States; formally ended Reconstruction.
10. 17th President of the United States; took office after Lincoln was assassinated.
11. Mob violence often used against African Americans
13. Civil War Battle in Maryland
15. The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.
16. Civil War Battle in Tennessee
17. A military strategy of burning or destroying buildings, crops, or other resources that might be of use to an invading enemy force.
18. Invaded Harper's Ferry federal arsenal in an effort to free slaves.
20. Civil War Battle where the North gained control of the Mississippi River.
21. Economic depression during Reconstruction.
22. A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons, usually for a political offense.
23. Laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.

1. 18th President of the United States; known for a serious of corruption while in office.
2. A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War.
4. Created by African-Americans; combined Christian themes with African music.
5. Manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
7. An executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines.
9. The process of accusing a public official of wrongdoing.
12. 1854 allowed citizens in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide locally whether to allow slavery.
14. A system in which landowners give farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a part of the crops they raise.
19. Loyalty of local interests over national interests.