The main purpose of the Black Codes was to
a. guarantee freedom for the blacks.
b. ensure a stable and subservient labor supply.
c. prevent interracial sex and marriage.
d. prevent blacks from becoming sharecroppers.
e. create a system of justice for ex-slaves.
Question 2
Some Patriots responded to Paine's vision of an ultra-democratic American republic in all of the following ways except
a. by enthusiastically embracing civic virtue fundamental to realizing Paine's republican vision for America.
b. by favoring the creation of a republic ruled by a natural aristocracy of talented elites.
c. by cautioning that the fervor for liberty would overwhelm the stability of the social order.
d. by affirming that the collective overall good of the people should matter more than the private rights and interests of individuals.
e. by wholly supporting a radical upheaval on the social classes, leaving poorer farmers, tenants, and laboring classes with enhanced political and economic influence.
