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- 3. A U.S. hate organization that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.
- 5. A system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
- 7. _____________ referred to as Republicans from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
- 9. military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory
- 12. An informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election; understanding the removal of federal troops from Confederate states
- 14. The seventh president of the United States. He is known for founding the Democratic Party and for his support of individual liberty.
- 16. intended to restrict the power of the president to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate.
- 18. a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877
- 20. to formally accuse a public official of misconduct committed while in office. (EX. President or any government official.)
- 22. The leader of the Free-Soil element among New York Democrats and supported the Union cause in the American Civil War
- 23. An abolitionist who championed the rights of blacks for decades—up to, during, and after the Civil War and was also a part of the Radical Republicans
- 24. The true abolition of slavery was achieved when the ______________ was ratified on December 6, 1865
- 25. The first African American member of the United States Senate.
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- 1. The ________________ guaranteed African-American men the right to vote.
- 2. ruled that a citizen's "privileges and immunities," were limited to those spelled out in the Constitution and did not include many rights given by the individual states.
- 4. The _____________ were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
- 6. The ____________ era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877
- 8. Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
- 10. Politicians who formed a faction within the Republican party that lasted from the Civil War into the era of Reconstruction were called __________________
- 11. Fed millions of people, built hospitals and provided medical aid, negotiated labor contracts for ex-slaves and settled labor disputes.
- 13. They owned the crops they planted and made their own decisions about them. After harvesting the crop, they sold it and received income from it.
- 15. ____________ referred to southern-born radicals. Their purpose was to seek personal financial gain or power through political advancement.
- 17. As the 19th President of the United States ____________ oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform
- 19. Granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War
- 21. A Bill that required that 50% of all voters in the Confederate states must pledge allegiance to the Union before reunification. This Bill would abolish slavery within the rebel states.