Chapter 5 & 7: Reconstruction and Westward Expansion Crossword

Term applied to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War for economic or political opportunity
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Regulations which enforced segregation after the Civil War by discriminating against black people. Some Jim Crow Laws continued in force until the early 1960s
A law passed in 1887 that permitted Native American Indians to own land on reservations for farming
Post Civil War practice of renting the land in exchange for a portion of the crop produced
In order to keep poor whites and blacks from voting, a tax was levied for the privilege of voting
The first railroad to span the United States connecting the East Coast with the West Coast
Organization of white supremacists that used lynchings, beatings and threats to control the black population in the United States
Passed in 1862 it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years
Form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and local units so that both have a degree of autonomy
Period from 1863 to 1877 of American history in which the US rebuilt itself after the Civil W
Grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society
A change to the US Constitution
The status of being a citizen in a particular country
The state of being on the same level especially regarding rights and opportunities
a citizen's right to political and social freedoms and equality.
a law in some southern states, permitting whites to vote and disenfranchising blacks by allowing the descendants of those voting before 1867 to vote without having to meet stringent conditions
Former slaves that were freed after the Civil War
Negative term used for white southerners who supported the Republicans and Reconstruction.
The inclusion of both blacks and whites