USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What were “Black Codes?”
A
Southern whites way of keeping the former slaves suppressed.
B
Rules that free black men followed to gain rights to vote.
C
Rules former slaves needed to follow to become citizens.
D
Rules northern factories made in order to hire former slaves.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Although freedmen had been emancipated, their lives were greatly restricted by the Black Codes. The defining feature of the Black Codes was broad vagrancy law, which allowed local authorities to arrest freedpeople for minor infractions and commit them to involuntary labor.

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