In the Post-Civil War Era, and Again in the Post-Reconstruction

Multiple Choice

In the post-Civil War era, and again in the post-Reconstruction era, governments of the southern states began implementing legislation known as the _________, which were laws that restricted black freedom of movement, travel, and access to better jobs, and included complex and changing rules concerning appropriate racial etiquette and vagrancy laws that forced blacks to work or be incarcerated.

A) Black Codes
B) Civil Codes
C) Restricted access legislation
D) Power-threat legislation