Public Arena Description of Jim Crow Laws
transportation Waiting rooms, ticket windows, and seating areas were segregated by race.
education Schools and public libraries were segregated by race; teachers who taught in integrated (nonsegregated) classrooms could be charged with a misdemeanor and fined.
heath care White nurses were prohibited from tending to men of different races.
corrections Jails and prisons were segregated by race.
bars/restaurants Bars had to serve exclusively to one race or another; restaurants had segregated seating.
Use the table to answer the question.
1:Which of the following statements best supports the idea that the Jim Crow laws detailed in the table deprived African Americans of equal protection under the law?
A:They created a sense of inferiority that was inherently unequal.***
B:They were designed to keep minorities safe after the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.
C:They established a fundamental belief in natural rights.
D:They enforced due process principles found in the Constitution.
Is this correct?
4 answers