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.

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The definition given specifically matches the description of the Black Codes, which were laws implemented in the post-Reconstruction era that restricted black freedom and rights. The other answer choices do not accurately describe the legislation being referred to.

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