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What summarizes Confederate (Southern) opinion of Black Americans even after losing the Civil War?


They wanted to treat Black Americans as equals.


They agreed that it was time to grant freedom to Black Americans.


They compromised and allowed Black Americans to move to the north.


They still felt that Black Americans were an inferior people and did not deserve equal rights.

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The statement that best summarizes Confederate (Southern) opinion of Black Americans even after losing the Civil War is:

**They still felt that Black Americans were an inferior people and did not deserve equal rights.**

After the Civil War, many white Southerners maintained beliefs in white supremacy and sought to retain social and economic control over Black Americans, leading to the implementation of restrictive laws and practices, such as Black Codes and later Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation and disenfranchisement.

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