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Q: What was used to declare Jim crow laws constitutional in the 1880s?
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What year was jim crow laws created?

it during the time of 1868


In the south the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the what?

segregation of public facilities


When did the Jim crow laws begin?

the started in the 1880s and who knows why. I reckon they just went plum out of their minds! My my my what a badd nation they became.


Would the constitutional limitations on legislative power be effective without the power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional?

No the simple answer is No


How did some states respond to the constitutional amendments that gave African American rights as citizens?

They passed Jim Crow laws.


What name was given to the segregation laws in the south?

Jim Crow laws


Where did the Jim crow laws originated?

where did the jim crow laws originate


Which Supreme Court case upheld the Jim Crow Laws?

Plessy vs Ferguson was the court case that supported Jim Crow laws stating that "seperate but equal" was constitutional.


What declare laws unconstitutional?

Who can declare laws unconstitutional


When were the Jim Crow laws in effect?

All the way from the 1880's through the late 1950's, though the bulk of them were passed from the 1890's through the 1930's.


What were jim crow laws?

Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites. The name is believed to be derived from a character in a popular minstrel song. From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws (so called after a black character in minstrel shows). From Delaware to California, and from North Dakota to Texas, many states (and cities, too) could impose legal punishments on people for consorting with members of another race. The most common types of laws forbade intermarriage and ordered business owners and public institutions to keep their black and white clientele separated


Term for the racial segregation laws imposed in the 1890's?

Jim Crow Laws