What Effect Did Jim Crow Laws Have On Americans

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What effect did Jim Crow Laws actually have on Americans in their daily lives and how do you know?
How deeply rooted was racial segregation during the Jim Crow era?

Jim Crow laws affected america a lot of ways. black people had to use different bathrooms.White People back then thought that black people were not as good as them. So black people were forced to use different bathrooms.Black people were not allowed in most hotels or restaurants. And black kids were not taught the same material that the white kids were being taught.The education that the black kids were getting was not as good as the education that the white kids were getting they were set up to fail.

The segregation during the Jim Crow area was rooted very deeply.During the

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