Yes. Because the Spanish colonies had once claimed California as it's territory the areas was apart of Mexico in 1821 but had won it's independence in 1848.
Source: The Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony.
<span>In the United States, the Black Codes were
laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War.
These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African
Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy
based on low wages or debt.</span>
By rebuilding the European economy through the Marshall Plan
