RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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“Black Codes was a name given to laws passed by southern governments established during the presidency of Andrew Johnson. These laws imposed severe restrictions on freedmen, such as prohibiting the right to vote, forbidding them to sit on juries, and limiting their right to testify against white men. They were also forbidden from carrying weapons and working in certain occupations."Southern states passed the codes described in this excerpt in order to-
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limit the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments
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Increase the labor supply for factory jobs in the North
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decrease the number of northern representatives in Congress
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improve relations with the Democratic Party
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