What were blacks not allowed to do according to the codes? marry by law carry weapons vote go to school testify as witnesses during a trial swear out affidavits in criminal cases meet in groups with other blacks sue or be sued in civil courts hold public office

carry weapons

vote

meet in groups with other blacks

hold public office

Explanation:

Black codes are the laws governing the free black in American society in the 1860's. The word black laws or black codes were used after the abolition of slavery, for the former slaves and to restrict their freedom and dominate them using these laws to made them work for low wages. However, black codes were present in the North before, by which white people dominate the political and social structure. Even the free blacks were restrained from enjoying equal status to their white counterpart.

The wide range of varied characters in Horatio Alger's books demonstrates the idea of individualism.

Explanation:

Horatio Alger's writings are considered to be vivid and vast in terms of the characters that he had depicted in his books. Every new character has a world of his own which determines how is the life of the character shaped. All the characters pictured by Alger in his books are different from each other which dispenses the idea of individualism.