Asked by Avery Williams

When were the Black codes enacted?
A. immediately after the Civil War
B. before the Civil War
C. after Reconstruction
D. during the Civil War

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A. immediately after the Civil War.

The Black Codes were state laws passed by Southern legislatures in 1865–1866 to restrict the rights and mobility of newly freed African Americans and to control labor before and during early Reconstruction.