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Define Jim Crow and briefly explain its importance in American history

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Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.

Jim Crow laws were based on the theory of white supremacy and were a reaction to Reconstruction. In the depression-racked 1890s, racism appealed to whites who feared losing their jobs to blacks.

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