Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites are known as what?

• A. Black Codes
• B. Segregation Acts
• C. Civil Rights Laws
• D. Jim Crow

Answer: (D)

Jim Crow laws refer to the system of racial segregation in the United States, especially in the South, from the late 1800s into the mid-20th century. These state and local statutes required separate facilities and services for Black and white people—things like schools, buses, trains, restaurants, and restrooms—institutionalizing discrimination and keeping Black Americans in a subordinate position. They were often justified by the now-discredited “separate but equal” idea, which was rarely, if ever, truly equal in practice. The other options don’t fit this description: Black Codes were early post–Civil War attempts to control formerly enslaved people; Civil Rights laws are aimed at ending segregation and protecting equal rights; Segregation Acts isn’t the standard American term for this system.