What Happened in the Immediate Years After the Formal Abolition

question 76

Multiple Choice

What happened in the immediate years after the formal abolition of slavery?

• A) The real conditions of life for African Americans in the South were dramatically improved.
• B) The "black codes" replaced the "slave codes," eliminating unjust punishment.
• C) Laws forbidding segregation of blacks from whites in public places were passed.
• D) One kind of slavery was replaced by another: that of social, political, and economic discrimination.

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