Question

Southern states passed laws known as the black codes in order to:
A.
take rights away from African Americans.
B.
protect African Americans from racial violence.
C.
increase funding for Freedmen's Bureau programs.
D.
give Radical Republicans an advantage in elections.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
A. take rights away from African Americans.

The black codes were laws enacted in Southern states after the Civil War that aimed to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans.