In the 1860s,Black Codes were
A) holdovers from the antebellum era that were repealed by Southern state governments.
B) passed by Congress to govern former Confederate states.
C) enacted by the Freedmen's Bureau to give freed blacks voting rights.
D) vetoed by President Andrew Johnson.
E) designed to give whites control over freedmen.

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Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states in the wake of emancipation that restricted the rights of black people and aimed to maintain white supremacy. These laws were designed to give whites control over freedmen and limit their freedom and mobility.

In the 1860s,Black Codes Were