| A | B |
| FREEDMEN | FORMER SLAVES |
| RECNSTRUCTION | THE STEPS TAKEN TO RESTORE THE SOUTHERN STATES TO THE UNION AND TO RERBUILD THE SOUTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR |
| RATIFY | ONE WHO HOLDS EXTEREMIST VIEWS OR WANTS DRASTIC CHANGES |
| BLOCKCODE | A SERIES OF LAWS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR THAT RESTRUCTED THE FREEDMEN'S ACTIONS, MOVEMENT, AND CONDUCT; THE LAWS ALSO REQUIRED THE FREDMEN TO SIGHN ONE-YEAR LABOR CONTRACTS. |
| CONTRACT | A WRITTEN LEGAL AGREEMENT |
| FREEDMEN'S | A FEDERAL AGENCY ESTABLISHED IN 1865 TO PROVIDE FOOD, SHELTER EDUCATION HEALTH CARE AND EMPLOYMENT FOR FORMER SLAVES INT HE SOUTH. |
| WHY DIDN THE FREED SLAVES AND THE FOMRER CONFEDERATES HAVE DIFFERENT FEELINGS ABOUT THE END OF THE WAR | CONFEDERATE FELT CRUSHED AND CONQUERED, BECAUSE THEY LOST THE WAR. THE SLAVES FELT HAPPY AND UPLIFTING BECAUSE THEY WERE FREE |
| WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST STATE WIDE ELECTION AFTER THE WAR | IN THE FIRST STATEWIDE ELECTION FOLLOWING THE WAR, MANY FOR CONFEDERATES WERE ELECFTEDE TO THE LEGISLATION. |