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 /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkʃən/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, reconstruction is the act of rebuilding or restoring something that has been damaged, destroyed, or otherwise altered. As a verb, reconstruct means to build or assemble something again, or to infer or piece together its form from available information. Related: restoration, rebuilding, reconstruction, reconstitution.
- 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 /ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən/ · noun
- The practice or policy of separating people or things into distinct groups, often according to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or social category. It can also refer to the state of being separated or set apart. Related: separation, apartheid, partition, division.
- RADICAL /ˈrædɪkəl/ · noun
- A person who favors fundamental change in the organization or exercise of a political, social, or religious institution, especially through sweeping reforms. The word also refers to the root of a plant, the basic constituent of a chemical molecule, and, in mathematics, the symbol indicating a root. Related: revolutionary, reformer, extremist, progressive.
- 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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