Why were "Jim Crow" laws passed in Georgia

Question

options:

to encourage industrial growth
to encourage industrial growth

to enforce the policy of segregation
to enforce the policy of segregation

to protect the civil rights of minorities
to protect the civil rights of minorities

to provide financial relief to farmers

Answer 1

The correct option is:

to enforce the policy of segregation

Jim Crow laws were enacted in the southern United States, including Georgia, to establish and maintain racial segregation and to suppress the rights of African Americans following the Reconstruction era.