Civil War and Reconstruction Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• fort sumter: first battle of the civil war,
• lincoln: president of the united states,
• davis: president of the confederate states,
• thirteenth: amendment that abolished slavery,
• freedmen: bureau that helped freed slaves learn how to read and write,
• lee: general of the confederate army,
• fifteenth: african american males were allowed to vote under this amendment,
• black codes: laws that restricted african americans in society,
• galveston: major port city in the confederacy where a major battle took place,
• appomattox: location where lee surrendered to grant,
• grant: general of the union army,
• palmetto ranch: last battle of the civil war even after the surrender in virginia,
• fourteenth: amendment that guaranteed citizenship to former slaves,
• hiram revels: first african american senator,
• sharecropping: economic system that replaced the plantation system in the south,
• juneteenth: holiday celebrated in texas to celebrate the freedom of slavery in galveston,