Reconstruction Era of the Civil War Crossword
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
 
 
Down: 1) Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection under the law to all former slaves.2) The act of setting free from slavery or oppression.3) A federal agency established during Reconstruction to provide assistance to newly freed African Americans.4) Legislation passed by Congress during Reconstruction that aimed to protect the civil rights of African Americans.6) A secret society organized in the South to resist Reconstruction and intimidate African Americans.7) Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction with intentions to profit.11) An agricultural system common in the South after the Civil War, where landless farmers ( former slaves) worked on land owned by others.12) Former slaves who were emancipated after the Civil War. 15) Southern whites who often seen as traitors by other Southerners. Across: 5) Amendment abolishing slavery.8) A faction of the Republican Party during the Reconstruction Era who advocated for more aggressive policies towards Reconstruction, including civil rights for African Americans9) A series of amendments to the U.S. Constitution ratified during the Reconstruction Era.10) Laws enacted by Southern states after the Civil War that restricted the rights and freedoms of African Americans.13) The period in American history following the Civil War (1865-1877).14) The right to vote in political elections.16) Amendment prohibiting denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
 

 

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