The black codes made the south have difficulties improving there economic conditions because african americans were in large numbers during that time (previous slaves) however they were not allowed to hold many of the jobs that were needed to help the South become productive.
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A potential conflict between British and French imperial forces in Africa almost commenced when the two armies faced off against each other at Fashoda. The Fashoda Crisis was the climax of imperial territorial disputes between Britain and France in Eastern Africa. It occurred in 1898, A french expedition to Fashoda on the White Nile river sought to gain control of the Upper Nile River basin and thereby exclude Britain from Sudan.