The answer A, is the correct answer. I hope this helps! :D
<span>Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War. Though the Union victory had given some 4 million slaves their freedom, the question of freed blacks’ status in the postwar South was still very much unresolved. Under black codes, many states required blacks to sign yearly labor contracts; if they refused, they risked being arrested, fined and forced into unpaid labor. Outrage over black codes helped undermine support for President Andrew Johnson and the Republican Party.</span>
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George washington was the first president of United States
I believe the answer is: It delayed or extended nationalist struggles.
The nationalist struggles come after different nations started to fully embodied nationalist movement, which make them tend to incline to prove their nation's superiority over another nations. This type of thinking often lead to conflicts among these european nations.