Jim Crow Laws Refer to

question 46

Multiple Choice

Jim Crow laws refer to

• A)the legally required segregation of blacks and whites in the South.
• B)legal requirements once forcing Native Americans to live on reservations.
• C)the few legal rights given to slaves.
• D)the popular label given the Civil Rights Act of 1963.

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