Civil war and reconstruction Crossword

A doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.
An exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
The act of withdrawing formally from a membership of a federation or body, especially a political state
The national association for the advancement of colored people is a civil rights organization in the United States formed in 1909 in
A white southerner that collaborated with northern republicans during reconstruction, often for personal profit.
A person from the northern states who went to the south after the civil war to profit off of reconstruction and to help the freemen.
laws governing the conduct of African Americans.
a tax levied on every adult, without references to income or resources.
assess a person's literary skills; their ability to read and write.
a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges', or practices.
Were state and local laws that enforced the segregation in the Southern United States and elsewhere in the US
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
is an extrajudicial killing by a group.
A name given to African Americans who migrated from the states along the Mississippi river to Kansas in the late nineteenth century as a part of the Exoduster movement.