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If you are a POSTER for the week, what day is your discussion board post due?

“Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the police jury of the parish of St. Landry, That no negro shall be allowed to pass within the limits of said parish without special permit in writing from his employer. Whoever shall violate this provision shall pay a fine of two dollars and fifty cents, or in default thereof shall be forced to work four days on the public road, or suffer corporeal punishment as provided hereinafter. . . Sec. 4. . . . Every negro is required to be in the regular service of some white person, or former owner, who shall be held responsible for the conduct of said negro.”—Louisiana Black Codes, 1865What impact did Reconstruction have on the legal rights of freedmen living in the post-bellum South?

What problem prompted the Compromise of 1877?

For what event did the Tenure of Office Act serve as a catalyst?

Which of the following is true of President Johnson’s reconstruction plan?

What was the basis of Dred Scott’s Supreme Court case?

Which of the following is true about the Wilmot Proviso?

Which of the following organizations opposed the expansion of slavery in the mid 19th century?

Which of the following was one of the Enforcement Acts designed to counter racial terrorism?

What was the actual result for slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?