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These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's color, previous condition of servitude, and _____.
The government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.
Under The Fourteenth Amendment, all people born in the US were considered ______.
This was a name for a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit.
These people were a part of the Republican Party and believed blacks were entitled to the same rights as whites.
A bill originally pocket vetoed by President Lincoln, that required 50% of all voters in 1860 to take an “iron clad” oath in order to prove their allegiance to the Union.
A bureau that provided food, clothing, hospitals , and schools to newly freed blacks and poor whites as a means of integrating these people back into society.
The Compromise of 1877 signaled an end to this.
This is the name for a Northerner who ventured South after the Civil War to make a profit from reconstruction.
This is a person that works farm land rented from its owner and will pay the landowner with part of his harvest, rather than money.
This is an agricultural production system where landowners contribute their land to their laborers and often money to complete daily tasks.
The Klux Klan is a secret ______ group that aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of black people and terrorized other races as a way to enforce white supremacy.
The Panic of 1873 was a _______ crises that stands as the first global depression brought about by industrial capitalism.
Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th president and went into office at the ______ of reconstruction.

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What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

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If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

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