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Because they're racist, they still wanted the USA to own the black man legally like before 1865. Slavery unofficially ended in the USA in the 1960's, when the black people started the Civil Rights movement!
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoblack subjugation to whites was the natural order
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∙ 12y agothe 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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∙ 11y agoBecasue republicans back then and whites feared that they would lose their slaves because the South was weak and that blacks were free
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∙ 11y agobecause mr.mayers class sucks
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What amendment was a response to discriminatory laws called black codes passed in the south that treated blacks as second class citizens?
The 14th amendment was a response to discriminatory laws passed in the south.
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.
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".
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.
Why do you think southern state legislatures passed black codes after the civil war?
the southern state legislature pssed black codes because the southerners hated the slaves and still wantes slavery
What are black slave codes?
"black codes" is the laws passed in the South just after the civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American worker.
What amendment was a response to discriminatory laws called black codes passed in the south that treated blacks as second class citizens?
The 14th amendment was a response to discriminatory laws passed in the south.
What was the name of local and state laws passed take away African Americans rights in the south?
black codes
What was the name of local and state laws passed to take away African Americans Rights in the south?
black codes
When were black codes written?
In the South
What was the name of local and state laws passed to take away African American rights?
black codes
What is a sentence with black codes?
Black codes is a law passed by Southern States that limited the freedom of former slaves.
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.
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 was the name of local and state law passed to take away African American rights in the south?
Local and state laws that were passed to take away African-American rights, in the South, were referred to as Jim Crow laws. There were dozens of these laws passed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Why were black codes passed?
To discriminate and to keep civil rights from African Americans.
What is a sentence with the words Reconstruction and black codes about the South after the Civil War?
The black codes started and ended in the process of the Reconstruction.
