Question

What can be inferred by the passage of the black codes?

(1 point)
Responses

Many southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.
Many southerners were willing to allow African Americans equality.

Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.
Many white Southerners wanted African American to remain as servants.

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

Southern lawmakers wanted “separate but equal” rights.
Southern lawmakers wanted “separate but equal” rights.
Question 2
#2

Answer 1

Correct answer: Many white Southerners wanted African Americans to remain as servants.

Explanation: The Black Codes were laws passed after the Civil War to limit freedmen’s rights, control their labor, and maintain a dependent labor force—indicating white Southerners sought to keep African Americans in subordinate, servant-like roles.