Civil War and Reconstruction Crossword

a controversial political doctrine according to which the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states.
restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.
a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
sometimes called Black Laws, were laws governing the conduct of African Americans.
a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.
assesses a person's literacy skills: their ability to read and write. Literacy tests have been administered by various governments to immigrants.
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 racial segregation in the Southern United States and elsewhere within the United States.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.
African Americans who fled North Carolina because of economic and political grievances after the Reconstruction era.