Author Question: Why were the black codes passed? What rights or limitations did they grant? What will be an ideal ... (Read 238 times)

rlane42 · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

Why were the black codes passed? What rights or limitations did they grant?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Minority women's organizations such as the National Black Feminist organization were created
because

A) segregation made such organizations necessary.
B) they were excluded from NOW.
C) they were excluded from the National Women's Political Caucus.
D) they felt their concerns were not being considered.

cloudre37 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 9, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define the black codes as southern state policies formed in the aftermath of the Civil War by former Confederate leaders placed back into political office by the lenient policies of President Andrew Johnson.
2. Explain that the codes were designed to provide southern whites with a cheap and ready supply of black labor for agricultural purposes.
3. Note that blacks could not sit on juries nor vote, could not use alcohol or guns, could not loiter, fish, or graze livestock.
4. Note that black children could be apprenticed until the age of 21 to white land owners.

Answer to Question 2

D