Which laws enacted immediately after the Civil War were designed to maintain the social structure of slavery?

A. Black codes
B. Compromise of 1877
C. • Plessy v. Ferguson
D. • Reconstruction Act

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The laws enacted immediately after the Civil War that were designed to maintain the social structure of slavery are known as A. Black codes. These laws were created by Southern states to restrict the freedoms of African Americans and ensure their availability as a labor force, effectively preserving aspects of the pre-Civil War social order.