Across
- 2. Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War and became involved in politics or business
- 4. Formerly enslaved African Americans who gained their freedom after the Civil War. Sometimes referred to as Freedmen as well
- 6. Laws passed in Texas and other Southern states that limited the rights and freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War
- 9. The right to vote in elections
- 10. Resistance or disagreement against a leader, policy, or government action
Down
- 1. The rights guaranteed to citizens by law, including equal treatment and protection under the law
- 3. White Southerners who supported the Republican Party during Reconstruction
- 5. The period after the Civil War, when the United States worked to reunite the country and rebuild the Southern states
- 7. The forced separation of people based on race
- 8. June 19, 1865, the day Union soldiers announced that enslaved people in Texas were free. Celebrated as a state holiday and expanding to be recognized at the federal level