Why do historians continue to gather historical evidence for even well-known events? They want to find artifacts to sell. They are looking for evidence to predict the future. They know that new evidence may lead to new interpretations. They assume that new technology will prove all of the old theories incorrect.

They know that new evidence may lead to new interpretations

Explanation:

Historians keep gathering historical events even for well-known events because they know that new evidence can lead to new interpretations.

Historians are open-minded people who are always eager to learn something new and make the next big discovery so they would seek out more historical evidence because they may contain new evidence which can change previously held beliefs.

they supported black codes so the answer is a or b

a. men

and during later times male slaves as well