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 facilitie

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

D. to racially segregate public facilities.

Jim Crow laws were enacted in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and disenfranchise Black citizens.