Unit 8 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. The law that gave former slaves the right to vote.
  2. 5. The state that had to rebuild its economy and infrastructure after the Civil War.
  3. 7. The leader of Georgia's government during Reconstruction, a former Confederate general.
  4. 10. The law that declared all people born in the U.S. are citizens, including African Americans.
  5. 13. The president who succeeded Lincoln and was in charge of Reconstruction policies.
  6. 14. The group that used violence to try to stop African Americans from voting.
Down
  1. 1. The act that divided the South into military districts.
  2. 2. This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
  3. 3. The president who was impeached during Reconstruction but not removed from office.
  4. 6. These workers often rented land and paid with a share of the crops.
  5. 8. The term for laws that enforced segregation in the South after the Civil War.
  6. 9. A plan that helped African Americans build schools and churches after the Civil War.
  7. 11. The system that replaced slavery but often trapped workers in debt.
  8. 12. The period after the Civil War when the South rebuilt and tried to rejoin the Union.
  9. 13. The type of economy Georgia had before and after the Civil War.