Apentix/AP US History/Unit 5: Period 5 (1844-1877)/Question
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The Black Codes enacted by southern legislatures in 1865-66 most directly contributed to which of the following?

A.Congressional Republicans passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment
B.President Johnson's refusal to pardon former Confederates
C.The rapid distribution of confiscated land to freedmen
D.The peaceful acceptance of emancipation across the South

Explanation

Core Concept

The codes restricted freedpeople's movement, contracts, and courtroom testimony, recreating bondage-like control. Northern Republicans saw them as defiance of the war's outcome and moved to protect black civil rights by federal law.

Correct Answer

ACongressional Republicans passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment

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