Black Codes and Reconstruction Era
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What was the primary purpose of Black Codes in the South during the Reconstruction era?

  • To provide education and job training to former slaves
  • To limit the rights of Freedmen and maintain social hierarchy (correct)
  • To establish a new system of government in the South
  • To grant full citizenship to Freedmen
  • What was a result of the Black Codes in the South?

  • Planters were forced to pay their workers a fair wage
  • Freedmen were kept at the bottom of the social order (correct)
  • The Freedmen were granted full voting rights
  • Freedmen were able to own land and property
  • What problem did the Black Codes help to address for planters?

  • The lack of education among former slaves
  • The shortage of food and supplies
  • The need for workers to replace their slaves (correct)
  • The destruction of their property during the war
  • What was a key feature of the social hierarchy maintained by the Black Codes in the South?

    <p>Freedmen were at the bottom of the social order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a consequence of the Black Codes for the Freedmen in the South?

    <p>They were limited in their rights and freedoms</p> Signup and view all the answers

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