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Following the Civil War, Southern states passed laws severely restricting the rights of African-Americans. These laws varied from state to state and included the prohibiting of interracial marriages and restrictions on land ownership. These laws served as a way for white Southerners to control the recently freed African-Americans.
The laws referenced in the passage were known as
A.
Reconstruction laws.
B.
Black Codes.
C.
Civil Rights Acts.
D.
the Fourteenth Amendment.
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B. Black Codes
After the Civil War (1865–66) Southern states enacted Black Codes to restrict freed African Americans' rights and mobility (e.g., vagrancy laws, labor contracts, property and marriage limits).
After the Civil War (1865–66) Southern states enacted Black Codes to restrict freed African Americans' rights and mobility (e.g., vagrancy laws, labor contracts, property and marriage limits).
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