The Black Codes passed by southern legislatures in late 1865 and 1866
a. gave former male slaves the right to vote.
b. distributed abandoned plantation land.
c. declared that slaves who served in the Union Army were rebels.
d. restricted African Americans' economic opportunities.
ANSWER: d
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