Question

Which of the following reasons best describes why the number of Jim Crow laws increased in the South in the last decade of the 1800s?

A) More African Americans moved into the South.
B) The Fourteenth Amendment was repealed.
C) The Supreme Court upheld state Jim Crow laws.
D) Reconstruction finally ended.

Answer 1

The reason why the number of Jim Crow laws increased in the South in the last decade of the 1800's was because C) The supreme court upheld state Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern states. These laws were enforced as late as 1965 by the government.

Answer 2

The following reason best describes why the number of Jim Crow laws increased in the South in the last decade of the 1800s, the Supreme Court upheld state Jim Crow laws. The correct answer is C.