What Were the Jim Crow Laws in the South

question 41

Multiple Choice

What were the Jim Crow laws in the South?

• A) rules that led to segregation of the races
• B) informal restrictions on African-American voters enforced by intimidation
• C) prohibitions against African-American participation in Democratic Party primaries
• D) allowances for whites based on their family heritage that allowed them to avoid voting restrictions that kept African Americans disenfranchised
• E) laws that virtually eliminated the existence of the Republican Party in the South

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