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Popularsovereignty : the idea that political authority belongs to the people
Confederatestatesofamerica : the nation formed by the southern states when they seceded from the union
Scalawag : name given by former confederates to those southerners who supported the shift in power to congress and the army in the south during reconstruction
Tenantfarming : system of farming where farmers rented their land from the landowner, and were allowed to grow whatever crop they choose
Fugitive slave act : a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves
Sharecropping : a system used on southern farms after the civil war in which farmer worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops
Reconstruction : the laws that put the southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new constitutions upholding the Fourteenth Amendment
Emancipationproclamation : an order issued by president Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the union
Carpetbagger : name given by Southern critics to Southerners allied with northern Republicans who came south to take part in the region's political and economic rebirth
Fortsumter : the first battle of the Civil War
Kansasnebraskaact : a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery
Across:1. | name given by Southern critics to Southerners allied with northern Republicans who came south to take part in the region's political and economic rebirth | 3. | the first battle of the Civil War | 5. | a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery |
| 7. | the nation formed by the southern states when they seceded from the union | 10. | a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves |
| | Down:2. | the idea that political authority belongs to the people | 4. | an order issued by president Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the union | 6. | name given by former confederates to those southerners who supported the shift in power to congress and the army in the south during reconstruction |
| 8. | a system used on southern farms after the civil war in which farmer worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops | 9. | the laws that put the southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new constitutions upholding the Fourteenth Amendment | 11. | system of farming where farmers rented their land from the landowner, and were allowed to grow whatever crop they choose |
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Across:1. | name given by Southern critics to Southerners allied with northern Republicans who came south to take part in the region's political and economic rebirth | 3. | the first battle of the Civil War | 5. | a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery |
| 7. | the nation formed by the southern states when they seceded from the union | 10. | a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves |
| | Down:2. | the idea that political authority belongs to the people | 4. | an order issued by president Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the union | 6. | name given by former confederates to those southerners who supported the shift in power to congress and the army in the south during reconstruction |
| 8. | a system used on southern farms after the civil war in which farmer worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops | 9. | the laws that put the southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new constitutions upholding the Fourteenth Amendment | 11. | system of farming where farmers rented their land from the landowner, and were allowed to grow whatever crop they choose |
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