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 action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
was established in 1909 and is America's oldest and largest civil rights organization.
One of the three groups the southern Republican Party consisted of. They were Northerners who moved to the south after the war.
Discriminatory laws that severely restricted African Americans lives, to prevent them from success.
a tax of a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference to income or resources.
an examination to determine whether a person meets the literacy requirements for voting, serving in the armed forces, etc.; a test of one's ability to read and
a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or
state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States and elsewhere within the United
amendment to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery forever &
kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal
The people of the migration of African-Americans to Kansas during the Reconstruction era of American
White southerners who joined the Republican party to have greater