n 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 state and local statutes that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States, effectively institutionalizing a system of discrimination against African Americans and ensuring that public facilities and services were separated based on race.