Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary Lesson 2 Crossword

the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War
any rigid system of social distinctions
The rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions based on caste
A person who farms the land of another and pays rent with cash or with a portion of the produce
A tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop
A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction
The proclamation issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union
A series of three amendments tot he Constitution which were made in an effort to establish equality for black Americans
A secret hate group in the Southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of black people and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings
The amendment to the Constitution that abolished slavery
The amendment that address citizenship, rights and equal protection under the law
The Amendment to the Constitution that granted African-American men the right to vote
A secret hate group INSPIRED by the former, founded in 1915 and currently active across the U.S.; directged against black people, Muslims, Jews, Catholics, foreign born individuals, and other groups
Any state law discriminating against black persons