US_Ch2_webquest-southresponse

=**Freedmen and Politics in the South**= Take note of information you need.

Any movement of blacks in the South terrified the whites. Therefore, the South developed the Black Codes, which were only one step above slavery. They limited the ability of blacks to travel and limited other rights and would eventually lead to segregation and discrimination in the South. It showed that the South wasn't reforming. The KKK began in the South, which was/is a hate group against blacks. Violence against blacks and the supporters of blacks in the South would spread. In addition, Southern courts lacked convictions of whites for crimes against blacks.

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