Across
- 2. Were known for their opposition to slavery, their efforts to ensure emancipation and civil rights for Blacks, and their strong opinions on post-war Reconstruction.
- 5. This amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states.
- 7. Provided assistance to tens of thousands of formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the Southern States and the District of Columbia in the years following the war
- 11. To formally charge a public official of misconduct committed while in office
- 12. White Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War
Down
- 1. The era after the Civil War ended
- 3. Northerners who moved to the South after the war, supposedly in an effort to get rich or acquire political power.
- 4. Laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters.
- 6. The first African American member of the United States Senate
- 8. Elected as president after Lincoln was assasinated
- 9. A system where poor farmers were granted access to farm small plots of land
- 10. A bill that provided for the admission to representation of rebel states upon meeting certain conditions.