Across
- 5. Southerners opposed to reconstruction and looked to reinstate white supremacy
- 6. Southern term for Northerners who came South to aide in Reconstruction
- 7. Granted equal accommodations in public places and juries
- 8. Southern term for Southerners who supported Reconstruction
- 9. Laws that tried to enforce the voting rights of African Americans and protect them from threats
- 14. No state could deny the right to vote based on race or color
- 15. Government agency that aided blacks especially in education
- 18. 1st election after the passage of the 15th amendment
- 20. 50% of voters had to take an oath of loyalty to the USA and no ex-confederates could vote
- 21. Allowed for former confederates to run for office
- 22. Argued for Economic advancements for African Americans including giving confiscated plantation lands
- 24. Democratic President who faced impeachment
- 25. large movement of african americans in southern legislature
- 26. Ruled that the bill of rights did not limit private actors
Down
- 1. Divided the South into 5 military districts under control of union army
- 2. 10% of voters had to take an oath of loyalty to the union and recognize the 13th amendment
- 3. Ruled that separate facilities for different races was acceptable if they were equal
- 4. Abolished Slavery in the United States
- 10. Main political focus was giving civil rights to African Americans
- 11. Union General and winner of the 1868 election
- 12. Designed to limit Presidential Power by requiring senate approval of removal from office
- 13. African Americans became citizens and equal protection under law
- 16. Economic process that kept African Americans indebted to white landowners
- 17. Laws meant to suppress African Americans in the South
- 19. Election that resulted in a compromise to end Reconstruction
- 23. African Americans who left the south and headed west for opportunities
- 27. Secret society to intimidate blacks and white reformers