1. What can be inferred from the passage of the black codes?

Question

Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to receive and equal education.

Many white Southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.

Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to remain as servants.

Southern lawmakers wanted "separate but equal" rights.

2. Arrange the following legislation that was passed after the civil war in the proper chronological order
compromise of 1877
reconstruction act
15th amendment
wade-davis bill

Answer 1

1. From the passage of the black codes, it can be inferred that many white Southerners wanted African Americans to remain as servants. The black codes were laws passed in the South that aimed to restrict the freedoms of African Americans and ensure their continued subservience to white Southerners.

2. The proper chronological order of the legislation passed after the Civil War is as follows:

3. Wade-Davis Bill (1864)

4. Reconstruction Act (1867)

5. 15th Amendment (1870)

6. Compromise of 1877 (1877)