The Black Codes were laws enacted in most southern states that were intended to
A. provide job training for freedpeople in skilled occupations.
B. protect the rights of ex-slaves from being abused by white southerners.
C. reinstitute slavery.
D. put restrictions on freedpeople and keep them in a disadvantaged status.
Answer: D
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a. Giuseppe Mazzini. b. Leonardo de Cavour. c. the Papal States. d. the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. e. Giuseppe Garabaldi.
What finally caused the collapse of the Old Regime?
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
In what area of 18th century America would one find soldados de cuera?
A) New France B) New England C) the Lower South D) New Spain