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What caused the Enactment of the Black Codes?One issue that caused the Black Codes was in 1866, when Congress continued to debate the rules for restoring the Union. While this was going on new state legislature approved by President Johnson had already begun passing laws to deny African Americans' civil rights. Congress had to come to an understanding that pleased everyone so they let African Americans work with white men but under certain circumstances otherwise known as the Black Codes.
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