In the late nineteenth century, many areas of the South enacted Jim Crow laws. What was one purpose of these laws?

Question

A.
to create the Ku Klux Klan

B.
to ban Republicans from office

C.
to racially integrate public schools

D.
to racially segregate public facilities

Answer 1

D. to racially segregate public facilities

The Jim Crow laws were enacted in the late nineteenth century to enforce racial segregation in various public facilities and institutions across the Southern United States.