Question

How did white people expect black people to behave after the Civil War?

Answer 1

Depends on who you're talking about when you say white people. But in the south they expected them to behave the same way as pre-war.

Explanation:

Former slaves had little to no education, and no ability to find work elsewhere so some made their own plantations, but many went back to work on the plantations they worked on before the civil war (still living on the plantation) only with pay and the ability to leave