Answer: freedom.
Explanation: "The best known of them were passed in 1865 and 1866 by Southern states, after the American Civil War, in order to restrict African Americans' freedom, and to compel them to work for low wages."
Answer:
Ancien Régime
Explanation:
The taxation system under the Ancien Régime largely excluded the nobles and the clergy from taxation while the commoners, particularly the peasantry, paid disproportionately high direct taxes.
<span>Senator Stephen A. Douglas</span>
I think you'd be satisfied with the answer being B.