Across
- 2. codes / laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
- 4. / the period of time after the Civil War in which southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the union
- 5. amendment / a change to the constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery
- 8. taxes / a prerequisite for voting, where African Americans had to pay in order to vote
- 9. rights / the period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union
- 11. Bureau / an agency established by Congress in March of 1865 to assist newly freed former slaves
Down
- 1. / an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses,
- 3. tests / historically been used by some countries to exclude people of a particular race or social class from voting
- 6. of 1868 / first presidential election after the Civil War where Ulysses S. Grant won
- 7. Klux Klan / white supremacist terrorist group formed during reconstruction to terrorize African Americans
- 8. v. Ferguson / ruled that it was constitutional to deem public services and facilities as 'separate but equal'
- 10. crow laws / laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whited in the South after the civil war