Question

What is the correct definition of the "Black Codes"?

A. laws that set up equal facilities for black people
B. laws that restricted the freedoms of black people
C.civil rights laws that protected the rights of black people
D.requirements black people had to meet in order to vote

Answer 1

your answer is B

this is because black code, in U.S. history, any of numerous laws enacted in the states of the former Confederacy after the American Civil War and intended to assure the continuance of white supremacy.

at the end of the day, the intent of these laws was to restrict African Americans' freedom, and compel them to work for white employers in a situation reminiscent of slavery.

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