The Ultimate Purpose of the Slave Codes Was to

question 9

Multiple Choice

The ultimate purpose of the slave codes was to

• A) teach slaves to obey by settling harsh punishments for disobedience.
• B) prevent runaways and rebellions by limiting the way slave owners could treat slaves.
• C) establish prices for slaves at markets throughout the nation.
• D) define how much mixed blood a mulatto could have to be classified as predominantly white or black.
• E) prohibit the mulatto children of planters the ability to inherit from their fathers.

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Definitions:

Supply Function

A relation that shows the quantities of a good that producers are willing to sell at different prices, holding other factors constant.

Production Function

An economic model that describes the relationship between the inputs used in production and the resulting output.

Factor 1

Represents the primary variable or input used in the production of goods or services, typically labor or capital.

Long-Run Cost Function

A representation of how the total production cost of a firm changes with output in the long run, when all inputs can be varied.