Jim Crow laws were racially based efforts to limit the participation of blacks in American society through segregation. Beginning in 1890, a "separate but equal" status took effect in all public facilities in the southern states. Why might we view this as a form of domination authority?

a.) Legislation was enacted by all-white legislators.
b.) The laws pertained as much to economics as they did social status.
c.) An implicit threat of violence against blacks who defied the system undergirded it.
d.) The long legacy of slavery led blacks to accept the authority of whites without question.


Answer: c.) An implicit threat of violence against blacks who defied the system undergirded it.

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