Black Codes Flashcards
What did black codes provide the planters?
A supply of cheap labor.
How did freedmen pay for things?
Through work
Who controlled the black codes?
KKK
Who was the first leader of the KKK?
Nathaniel Bedford Forrest
Where did the KKK start?
Tennessee
Why were the Black Codes Andrew Johnson’s fault?
He was letting the people do what they wanted (state rights)
Why were black codes dangerous?
Everyone got to do what they wanted (democratic government)
How did they go against Andrew Johnson?
The black codes were used as a billification
The response of reconstruction and black codes lead to what?
Radical republicans
What set up the black codes?
Letting the people decide
What were black codes?
A series of laws that depended on the state you were in that gave freedmen certain rights, but kept former slaves in a dependent position.