Question

A series of laws restricted who blacks could marry, where they could travel, and whether or not they could be employed. What were these laws called?
the plantation system


states' rights


black codes


indulgences

Answer 1

This series of laws was called the Black Codes.

Most Black Codes were passed in 1865-66 in Southern states to control the conduct of newly-freed African Americans after the Civil War.

Depending on the state, they established rules regarding:

• the legitimacy of black people's jobs (if their work was not recognized by whites, they could be considered criminal vagrants),
• their right to own property (like land) or businesses,
• their movement through public spaces,
• their right to carry weapons,
• their right to marry or live with whites, etc.