Question

• legal discrimination: black codes were passed in the south to restrict the rights of african americans, often circumventing the reconstruction amendments to effectively deprive african americans of their freedoms.
• sharecropping: sharecropping trapped many formerly enslaved people in an exploitative labor system that kept them stuck farming their former plantations and in debt to landowners they worked for.
• conflicting priorities: northern attention was diverted to westward expansion, leading to less focus on enforcing reconstruction policies in the south. however, the fact that reconstruction wasn’t enforced was also due to racism in the north.
• legacy on civil rights: one of the biggest arguments for the failure of reconstruction is that it allowed black codes, which later evolved into jim crow laws that enforced racial segregation. this created lasting racial inequality that was not addressed until the civil rights movement almost 100 years later.

how did black codes and jim crow laws impact african americans?

• they created taxes that in effect only applied to african americans.
• they allowed african americans to own land without restrictions.
• they enforced racial segregation and restricted african americans’ civil rights.

Explanation:

To determine the impact of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws on African Americans, we analyze the options:

• The first option about taxes is not a core impact of these laws (they focused more on segregation and rights restrictions).
• The second option is incorrect as these laws restricted African Americans' land ownership and other rights, not allowed unrestricted ownership.
• The third option aligns with the text: Black Codes restricted African Americans' rights, and Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation, both limiting their civil rights.

Answer:

The option "They enforced racial segregation and restricted African Americans’ civil rights."