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the black codes were a way for the southern states to still have "slavery" but without getting in trouble from the union

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Q: Why did southern states pass black codes?
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What series of laws did the new southern states legislatures pass in 1865 and early 1866?

The black codes


What admendment after the civil war caused many southern states to pass black codes that allowed African American have the right to vote?

the 15 admendment


How did the north respond to the passage of the black codes in the southern states?

With indifference it wasn't until later that legislature started to pass laws about the treatment of African Americans.


Why did the southern government pass black codes?

They were passed to replace "slave codes" and to ensure a landless, dependent black labor force in response to the Thirteenth Amendment.


How long did black codes exist?

Congress did not pass the "Black codes" these codes were pass by the states and they were not the same in every state, they were codes to keep slave in there place like thing you would tell your children not to do because if you broke one of the codes you was suggest to get a whipping. Whipping a slave consisted of anywhere from 50 to 500 hundred lashes with a bull whip, the breaking of some "Black Codes", could end in you being hung or burned at the stake. White America was afraid of slave revolt's so they invented the "Black Codes".


What tactics did southern states employ to disenfranchise black voters?

They made African Americans pass a literacy test..


When did the Black Codes pass?

early 1866


When southern state legislatuers pass black codes what was the effect?

It restricted their economic rights and prevented them from holding office, voting, serving on a jury or receiving a public education.


Why did the radical-led congress pass the civil rights act of 1866?

It was a response to the black codes and the neo-slavery system created by unrepentant southern legislatures.


Why did the southern colonies pass slave codes?

The Slave Codes were passed to keep the growing slave population under control.


What amendment was called after the period of the civil war caused many southerns states to pass black codes that denied African Americans the right to vote?

the fifthen amendment


Why did the black code anger the republicans in congress?

because republicans had just finished freeing the slaves as soon as the war was over and the southern states had been readmitted, southern democrats immediately set to work to pass laws limiting the freedom of black people.