Across
- 2. Southern states were divided into districts governed by this type of authority during Reconstruction.
- 4. The side that the Southern states seceded from during the Civil War.
- 8. Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of freed slaves.
- 9. Former slaves who were emancipated after the Civil War.
- 11. The era of rebuilding the South and reintegrating it into the Union.
- 13. This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
- 14. A Southern white who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party.
- 15. The group of seceded Southern states.
Down
- 1. President who supported Reconstruction and civil rights protections.
- 3. This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
- 5. Group in Congress that pushed for harsh Reconstruction policies.
- 6. This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
- 7. President who opposed many Reconstruction policies and was impeached.
- 10. What states had to do to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to be readmitted to the Union.
- 12. Northerner who moved to the South during Reconstruction for political or economic gain.
