1. what can be inferred by the passage of the black codes?

Question

a. many white southerners wanted african americans to receive fair wages
b. southern lawmakers wanted to provide voting rights for african americans
c. many white southerners wanted african american to remain as servants
d. many southerners were willing to allow african americans equality

Answer 1

c. many white southerners wanted African Americans to remain as servants.

The Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866 after the Civil War with the intent of restricting the rights and freedom of African Americans. The most prevalent aim of Black Codes was to maintain the system of labor that existed before the Civil War, i.e., enslaving black people as a source of cheap labor. Thus, the passage of Black Codes infers that the majority of white Southerners wanted to keep African Americans as a source of labor and limit their rights and freedoms.