Reconstruction Word Search
Play a Reconstruction word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: RECONSTRUCTION, FREEDMEN, ABOLITION, AMENDMENT, CIVILWAR, EMANCIPATION, SEGREGATION, RADICAL, CARPETBAGGER, FREEDOM, FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH.
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Reconstruction word list, defined
- RECONSTRUCTION /riːkɑːnˈstrʌktʃən/ · noun
- The act of reconstructing something, such as a building or a system, especially after it has been damaged or destroyed. The process of rebuilding or reorganizing something. Related: rebuilding, restoration, reorganization, rebuilding.
- FREEDMEN /ˈfriːdmɛn/ · noun
- Freedmen are people who have been freed from slavery or servitude; the word is the plural of 'freedman' and is used especially of former slaves emancipated in the United States after the Civil War. Related: freedpeople, emancipated slaves, ex-slaves, liberated persons.
- ABOLITION /ˌæbəˈlɪʃən/ · noun
- The formal act or process of ending a law, system, practice, or institution, especially slavery. Related: elimination, eradication, termination, extinction.
- AMENDMENT /əˈmɛndmənt/ · noun
- A change or addition made to a document, law, or text to improve, correct, or update it; also the act or process of making such a change. Related: revision, correction, modification, alteration.
- EMANCIPATION /ɪˌmænsɪˈpeɪʃən/ · noun
- The act or process of setting someone free from legal, social, or political restrictions, especially slavery. More broadly, the state of being freed from any constraint or from another's control. Related: liberation, freedom, release, deliverance.
- SEGREGATION /sɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən/ · noun
- The act or state of separating or being separated from others, especially because of differences in race, sex, or social status. The separation of people or things into different groups, often based on characteristics such as race, income, or education. Related: separation, division, apartheid, discrimination.
- RADICAL /ˈrædɪkəl/ · adjective, noun
- Advocating or based on thorough change; far-reaching or extreme in effect, opinion, or action. A person who advocates for thorough change. Related: extreme, far-reaching, thorough, extremist.
- CARPETBAGGER /ˈkɑːrpɪtˌbæɡər/ · noun
- A politician who seeks election in a place where they have no real ties or local connection, viewed as an opportunist outsider. Historically, a Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War, especially one seeking political office or financial gain. Related: opportunist, outsider, interloper, adventurer.
- FREEDOM /ˈfriːdəm/ · noun
- The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint; also the state of not being imprisoned, enslaved, or restricted. Related: liberty, independence, autonomy, emancipation.
- FOURTEENTH /ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ/ (UK); /ˌfɔːrˈtiːnθ/ (US) · adjective (ordinal); noun
- Constituting number fourteen in a sequence; the ordinal form of the number fourteen. As a noun, it denotes each of fourteen equal parts of a whole.
- FIFTEENTH /ˌfɪfˈtiːnθ/ · adjective (ordinal number); also noun
- Constituting number fifteen in a sequence; 15th. As a noun, it denotes the one occupying that position in a series, or a fraction equal to one part of fifteen equal parts.
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