Reconstruction Era Word Search

Explore the people, amendments, political conflicts, and social changes that shaped the United States after the Civil War.

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About the Reconstruction Era Word Search

This puzzle covers the turbulent years after the Civil War, when the nation debated citizenship, voting rights, and rebuilding the South. Look for figures such as Ulysses Grant and Hiram Revels, along with terms including Freedmen's Bureau, Black Codes, and Fourteenth Amendment. It suits students and anyone interested in American history and the aftermath of the war.

All 36 words in this puzzle

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  • Ballot
  • Black Codes
  • Bruce
  • Carpetbagger
  • Citizenship
  • Civil Rights Act
  • Congress
  • Douglass
  • Enforcement Acts
  • Freedmen's Bureau
  • Grant
  • Harper
  • Hayes
  • Hiram Revels
  • Impeachment
  • Johnson
  • Klan
  • Ku Klux Klan
  • Lincoln
  • Ratification
  • Redeemers
  • Revels
  • Scalawag
  • Segregation
  • Senate
  • Sharecropping
  • Smalls
  • South
  • Stevens
  • Suffrage
  • Sumner
  • Tilden
  • Tubman
  • Union
  • Veto
  • Wade Davis Bill

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