Question

In the South, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the:

1. racial integration of public schools
2. decline of the Democratic party
3. organization of the Ku Klux Klan
4. segregation of public facilities

Answer 1

The Jim Crow laws led to the segregation of public facilities, where services for African Americans were inferior and their access to public services was significantly limited.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the segregation of public facilities. These laws institutionalized racial segregation and disenfranchised African American citizens by creating separate facilities for black and white populations, which were purported to be 'separate but equal' according to the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case.

This system ensured that African Americans would have inferior facilities and limited access to various public services, solidifying the social, economic, and political stratification in the South.