Why did Southern legislatures pass Jim Crow laws? (A) to push emancipated slaves into migrating back to Africa (B) to prevent the Democratic Party from regaining power in the South (C) to drive African Americans out of agriculture and into low-paying factory jobs (D) to get around the Constitutional protections put in place by the Reconstruction amendments

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Why did Southern legislatures pass Jim Crow laws? (A) to push emancipated slaves into migrating back to Africa (B) to prevent the Democratic Party from regaining power in the South (C) to drive African Americans out of agriculture and into low-paying factory jobs (D) to get around the Constitutional protections put in place by the Reconstruction amendments

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Julianna Andersen · Answer 1

Southern legislatures passed Jim Crow laws in order to get around the Constitutional protections put in place by the Reconstruction amendments and continue to oppress African Americans.