Question

Before the civil rights laws were passed in the United States in the 1960s, a number of states had ______ laws that spelled out differential treatment for racial groups.

Answer 1

Before the civil rights laws were passed in the United States in the 1960s, a number of states had Jim Crow laws that spelled out differential treatment for racial groups.

Explanation:

• The Jim Crow laws were named after a caste system that was prevalent in the southern United States.
• These laws favored segregation and were implemented in almost all the southern states.
• It was only after the passage of civil rights in 1965 that these laws were abolished.