Question

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what was life like for many freedmen in the south after the civil war?
a. similar to the lives of people from other countries who settled in
northern cities
b. very different from any life they had known or hoped for
c. full of opportunities in new regions of industry
d. somewhat like their lives before they were freed
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Explanation:

After the Civil War, most Southern freedmen faced systemic oppression like sharecropping, Black Codes, and limited access to resources. This created a harsh reality far removed from their hopes of economic independence and equality, and distinct from their enslaved life or the lives of Northern immigrants. Industrial opportunities were scarce in the agrarian post-war South, and their lives were not similar to pre-freedom conditions.

Answer:

B. Very different from any life they had known or hoped for