Black Codes Overview Quiz

A series of statutes and laws enacted in 1865 and 1866 by the legislatures of the Southern states following the end of the Civil War.

The freedom of black people (freedmen) and their rights to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely.

<p>To regain control over the freed slaves, inhibit their freedoms, prevent uprisings, ensure cheap labor, and maintain segregation and white supremacy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Poll taxes, property qualifications, and literacy tests.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>White Primary, Poll Tax, Literacy Tests, Grandfather Clause, Property Ownership required to vote.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The practice of keeping blacks from voting in southern states' primaries through arbitrary registration requirements and intimidation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vagrancy laws.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1870 in Georgia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fee that people had to pay in order to vote, often used to circumvent the 15th Amendment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They led to penalties and punishments including Convict Leasing that put freed slaves back into forced labor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>White lawmakers in the South in the legislatures of states like Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In Mississippi on November 22, 1865.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Through Labor Contracts, Vagrancy Laws, Crimes and Punishments, Apprenticeships, and limited Civil Rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Legal documents for black 'servants' who agreed to work for white 'masters' with strict conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pressure to sign labor contracts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The authority to arrest individuals merely on the suspicion of an illegal act.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person who, although fit to work, was without visible means of support or a permanent home.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Different levels and types of punishment, including chain gangs and convict leasing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Racially segregated courts were established for black only cases.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Congress refused to seat Southern representatives, overrode President Johnson, and passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866.</p> Signup and view all the answers