Question

The apprenticeship process for African American children; families in the South

most directly reflects which of the following continuities:
A. President Johnson pardoning ex-Confederates and allowing them to come back to
reclaim their land
B. Wealthy southern whites power struggle trying to maintain control over freedmen
C. Southern states beginning to openly accept the 13th Amendment as the law
D. A stable family life became a part of the foundation of the African American
community

Answer 1

The apprenticeship system for African American children in the post-Civil War South reflects the efforts of wealthy Southern whites to maintain control over freedmen by perpetuating labor exploitation similar to slavery.

Step-by-step explanation:

The apprenticeship system for African American children in the South most directly reflects the continuity of wealthy Southern whites power struggle trying to maintain control over freedmen. After the Confederacy's defeat and the end of the Civil War, Southern society was in a state of disarray. Although the Thirteenth Amendment legally abolished slavery, Southern whites sought ways to continue the labor systems that underpinned their pre-war economy. The apprenticeship programs, vagrancy laws, and convict-lease systems were quasi-slavery practices aimed at preserving the subjugated labor of African Americans, and were part of broader efforts to resist the implications of newly granted freedoms and maintain the socio-economic status quo. These efforts demonstrate the challenge of transforming Southern society into a free-labor economy and illustrate the resistance to the civil rights advances embodied in the Reconstruction Amendments.