Question

Southern states passed laws known as the black codes in order to,

A. increase funding for Freedmen's Bureau programs.
B. give Radical Republicans an advantage in elections.
O C. protect African Americans from racial violence.
D. take rights away from African Americans.

Answer 1

Answer should be D as the main purpose of law was to take away right of African Americans

Answer 2

The answers is D because black codes were imposed on African Americans to take away their newly gained rights in a slightly more backhanded and sly way