The Progressive Era's Jim Crow laws in the South were designed to
A) offer economic incentives to black businesses.
B) strengthen earlier civil rights legislation.
C) legalize and expand racial segregation in public facilities.
D) ensure black sharecroppers adequate compensation for their labor.

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The Jim Crow laws were a set of state and local laws in the Southern United States that legalized and enforced racial segregation in public facilities, including public schools, transportation, restrooms, and restaurants. These laws were a way for white supremacist groups to maintain power and control over black citizens, and they remained in place until the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The Jim Crow laws were not designed to offer economic incentives to black businesses, strengthen civil rights legislation, or ensure adequate compensation for sharecroppers.

The Progressive Era's Jim Crow Laws in the South Were