Reconstruction Crossword

established in 1865 by Congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War.
a Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War during the Reconstruction era.
a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction was called.
a form of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land.
period of rebuilding the South following the Civil War.
Granted full U.S. citizenship to former slaves.
Abolished indentured servitude and slavery in the United States.
Southern laws designed to separate blacks and whites.
Separation of people based on race.
Voting tax that was required in some Southern states.
System of farming in which farmers rent land, seeds, and tools, paying for these things with a share of the crops.
famed African American abolitionist.
what congress wanted to do to president Andrew Johnson during reconstruction.
laws that severely limited the rights of freedmen in the South.
a terror group created by former Confederate soldiers that used violence and intimidation tactics to disenfranchise black.
elected governor over a Democratic candidate, former Confederate General John B. Gordon.
a former slave.
an organization formed by African Americans throughout the south after Reconstruction to protect their rights.
an amendment where the U.S. cannot deny a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".
a series of laws that divided the previously Confederate states into military districts.