Multiple choice

During Reconstruction, the Black Codes

  1. protected the rights & liberties of freed slaves

  2. forced Congress to do the bidding of Confederate politicians

  3. were enacted toprevent racial discrimination in the South

  4. were laws passed in the south to limit black citizens rights
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Black Codes were restrictive laws passed by Southern states immediately after the Civil War. Their purpose was to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force.

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