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Down: 2) Lincoln's assassin, a Confederate sympathizer, and an American actor3) Signed into law on April 20, 1871, by President Ulysses S. Grant, last of 3 acts passed during Reconstruction to combat attacks against the suffrage rights of African Americans5) "First Round" of Reconstruction plans, supported by Lincoln and Johnson believed it was the executive's power to rebuild the South7) African American Senator from the South during the era of Reconstruction9) Famous Radical Republicans representing Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives hoped to revolutionize Southern Society through an extended period of military rule, where blacks could exercise their rights in public and be educated in public schools, as well as receive land confiscated from former plantation owners.10) A scandal in 1872, which involved Union Pacific Railroad executives forming a construction company, "Credit Mobilier", and then overcharging themselves to build the Transcontinental Railroad, bribed executives to ensure it could be carried out.12) Divided the former Confederate States into 5 military districts, governed by military governors, requiring them to first ratify the 14th amendment and to draft new constitutions before being readmitted into the Union14) Declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens and granted them equal rights under the law, including the right to own property, make contracts, and sue in court, and forbade the states to discriminate because of race or color, in cases where these rights were violated, federal troops would be used for enforcement.15) The Amnesty Act of 1872, passed by Congress and approved by President Ulysses S. Grant, granted a general pardon to most former Confederates, except top leaders, removing restrictions on their ability to vote, hold office, or own land, effectively reversing penalties imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment.18) Secretary of War under President Lincoln, aligned with the Radical Republics, but was dismissed by Johnson in defiance of the Tenure of Office Act in 186723) 1865-1877, the Period after the Civil War during which Northern political leaders created political plans for the governance and reintroduction of the South into the Union.26) Lincoln's reconstruction plan, which required that 10% of voters in a state pledge loyalty to the US before it could rejoin the Union Across: 1) 1876 Democratic Presidential Candidate from New York. Won the popular vote, but lost to Hayes in the end.4) Ended the Era of Reconstruction, stated that Hayes would be president over Tilden, on the condition that a Southern Transcontinental Railroad be built and federal troops be removed from the South.6) Paper money not supported by Gold that was circulated during the Civil War, leading to debt and inflation8) The constitutional process by which a sitting president or other federal officials can be charged with misconduct, potentially leading to their removal from office, a process that involves the House of Representatives initiating charges and the Senate conducting a trial11) Passed in 1870-1871, also known as the KKK Acts, prohibited states from discriminating against voters on the basis of race, and to combat the actions of the Klan13) Term of derision (tauntingly) used in the South during reconstruction referring to white southern republicans.16) 1884 - Made readmittance to the Union for former Confederate states depend on a majority (50% voter pledge of loyalty to the US) in each state, pocket vetoed by Lincoln before his assassination17) A faction of the Republican Party that advocated Civil Rights for Blacks, this faction was in control of the Congressional Reconstruction and opposed Andrew Johnson and his Presidential Reconstruction Plan19) Southern Laws that were implemented by Southerners to limit the freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War, was done by placing them in conditions that were as close as possible to slavery without it being the exact same thing.20) Ratified in 1870, Granted suffrage rights to all African American males21) Vice president of Lincoln from Tennesse, chosen as a sign of goodwill to the South after the end of the Civil War, president after Lincoln's assassination in 186522) Credit System used by Cotton farmers in the United States in the South from 1860s to 1930s. Sharecroppers and tenant farmers obtained supplies on credit from merchants who held a legal claim (a lien) on the crops as collateral for the loan, sales from the cotton went directly to the merchants, and what was left went to the farmers.24) The last of the Civil Rights reforms passed by Congress during Reconstruction. This act aimed to guarantee equal access to public accommodations and transportation, but it was later declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 188325) 1876 - Denied the President the power to remove anyone who had been appointed to a position by a past president without the consent and approval of the U.S. Senate27) The right of African Americans to vote after the 15th amendment could also refer to the political power that African Americans temporarily held in the South during the Reconstruction period28) Series of 1873, Supreme Court Case decisions that narrowly interpreted the 14th amendment's privileges and immunities, limiting its protection to federal citizenship rights and not state citizenship rights.29) Ratified in 1865, Made Slavery illegal 30) 1865 - Temporary Agency created after the end of the Civil War, temporarily provided aid to newly freed blacks, poor whites, and some native Americans (Cherokee and Creek tribal members)31) "Second Round" of reconstruction after the congressional election of 1866, when dominant republics in Congress unified and took a more radical stance on reconstruction, had Andrew Johnson impeached in 1867.32) A Republican president who took office in 1877, governor of Ohio, passed the COmpromise of 1877 in which the Last of the Union troops were removed from the South33) A major financial crisis that triggered a severe economic depression in the United States and Europe, starting with the collapse of Jay Cooke & Company, a bank heavily invested in the development of railroads, occurred around the start of President Grant's Second term.34) Refers to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments35) Refers to the fundamental principle, enshrined in the Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment, guaranteeing fairness and justice in legal proceedings, ensuring individuals aren't deprived of life, liberty, or property without proper legal procedures and protections36) System in which farm laborers give most of their crops to their landowners as rent and only kept some for themselves37) Ratified in 1868, Granted U.S. Citizenship to former slaves, guaranteeing equal protections under the law
 

 

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