Which statement describes a major challenge facing former slaves after the abolition of slavery in the United States?

A. Freed slaves were prohibited from working on their former owners' lands.

B. Some states passed laws that kept freed slaves from exercising their right to vote.

C. Abolitionists forced freed slaves to compensate them for their efforts to end slavery.

D. Southern states forced nearly all freed slaves to leave for the North.

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23 June, 07:14

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Mariam Li · Answer 1

There were Jim Crow laws and literacy tests, so I'd say it's B. Some states passed laws that kept freed slaves from exercising their right to vote.

Tanya Chang · Answer 2

B : along with them not being able to vote most could not find jobs any were and would have to move to the north to work the factories