Question

Immediately after the Civil War, many Southern states passed laws known as Black Codes. These laws were intended to
A.
remove African American soldiers and replace them with white federal troops.
B.
force African Americans to move off the land and find new jobs in factories.
C.
forbid African Americans to live in cities and force them to become sharecroppers.
D.
limit the rights of African Americans and force them to work for low wages.

Answer 1

D. They were designed to limit the rights of African Americans and to coerce them into low-wage labor (through vagrancy laws, labor contracts, apprenticeships, and other restrictions).