What were some of the specific civil rights that Mississippi denied to its Black citizens in the 1865 Black Codes, and who does this document state was responsible for upholding those laws by making arrests?

IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS (10 points total)
Choose TWO of the following terms to define as clearly as you can, and explain its significance in our study of American history (3-4 sentences per identification paragraph).
Reconstruction Acts
Freedmen’s Bureau
The New Departure
Redeemers
Compromise of 1877
ESSAY RESPONSE (15 points)
What were some of the specific civil rights that Mississippi denied to its Black citizens in the 1865 Black Codes, and who does this document state was responsible for upholding those laws by making arrests? In Section 2 of the Vagrancy Law, why did the state impose penalties on white men “associating with freedmen, free Negroes, or mulattoes on terms of equality, or living in adultery or fornication with a freedwoman, free Negro, or mulatto”?
Use specific examples from the assigned readings (cited in parentheses) to support your observations. Your essay response should be 2-3 well-constructed paragraphs long.

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