What Was the Main Implication Behind Black Codes

question 12

Multiple Choice

What was the main implication behind Black Codes?

• A) Southerners were willing to allow African Americans legal equality.
• B) Southerners wanted African Americans to return to positions of servitude.
• C) Southerners were interested in improving the education of the freedmen.
• D) The freedmen would be allowed to vote and participate in the political process.
• E) The idea of "separate but equal" was unconstitutional and would not be allowed.

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Definitions:

Externalities

External benefits and external costs.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning individuals cannot be effectively excluded from use, and where use by one individual does not reduce availability to others.

Consumer Surplus

The difference between the total amount consumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service and the total amount they actually pay.

Producer Surplus

The difference between the amount producers are willing to accept for a good or service and the actual price they receive.