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Quiz for Document 16–2: Mississippi Black Code, November 1865

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Which right did the black codes grant to African Americans?

The right to bear arms

The right to vote

The right to own property

The right to serve on a jury

2. How did the black codes in Mississippi regulate marriage?

They barred former slaves from marriage because it was a Christian privilege.

They redefined black marriages as “civil unions” only.

They barred any freedman, “free negro or mulatto” from marrying whites.

They prohibited marriages between black men and white women but not between white men and black women.

3. How did the black codes attempt to control free African Americans?

The black codes restricted African Americans from entering white residential areas.

The black codes forbade teaching black children to read or write.

The black codes required all African Americans to participate in a labor contract or apprenticeship.

The black codes banned black passengers from railroads.

4. How did the punishments for black and white offenders compare?

Black offenders were subject to harsher punishments than white offenders.

Black and white offenders were subject to the same punishments.

White offenders were subject to harsher punishments than black offenders.

White offenders were only subject to fines, while black offenders were subject to prison sentences.