Unit 4: The Civil War

5. period of rebuilding
7. black leader and first black man ever elected to Congress from any state
10. the fourteenth amendment granted _ to all persons born in the U.S and equal protection
13. in 1873, the national economy experienced a severe _ or serious downturn
14. persons who appeared to have no work or permanent home
16. harsh restrictions placed on freedmen by southern legislatures
18. a confrontation from July 1876 that changed the direction of Reconstruction history and proved the Republican government could not protect its own citizens
20. northerners who came south after the war
21. a farmer who worked someone else's property
22. southern whites who cooperated with blacks and Republicans
23. President Lincoln was assassinated just days after the battle at _

1. Congress passed the _ of 1866 which invalidated any state laws that discriminated against race
2. _ out of the 124 delegates who wrote the new SC constitution were black men
3. Northerners who pushed most for civl rights for freedmen and changes in southern behavior
4. Under the constitution of 1868, for the first time since 1670, a man did not have to own _ to hold office
6. Confederate state President Andrew Jackson was from
8. Black Ohio soldier believed to be murdered by the KKK
9. Participation for black voters peaked with the passing of the _ amendment
11. under Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, _ percent of the state had to swear allegiance to the U.S. for readmission
12. first agency of the U.S. government to provide direct welfare assistance to citizens
15. Republican general who served as president after Jackson
17. the most rapidly growing religious denomination during Reconstruction
19. the first efforts to restore the southern states back to the union were made by presidents Abraham Lincoln and _