Reconstruction Vocab Crossword

the reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War
laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers
slavery may not exist within the United States
gave full citizenship to all people born in the United States, giving equal protection of the laws
prohibited the government from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of their race, color, or former status as slaves
a person freed from slavery
secret society that used fear and violence to deny rights to freedmen and women
a method used to prevent African Americans from voting by having them read and write
a tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote
the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receive a share of the crop
Government agency set up to help assist freedmen and poor white farmers after the Civil War
Set of laws in the south that made segregation legal