Jim Crow laws in the South specifically targeted the liberties of whom?

• A. White citizens
• B. Black citizens
• C. Immigrant communities
• D. Native Americans

Answer: (B)

Jim Crow laws in the South were designed to enforce racial segregation and restrict the civil rights of Black citizens after Reconstruction. They created separate facilities, schools, and services for Black people and whites, and they used voting barriers like literacy tests and poll taxes to disenfranchise Black voters. This legal framework was meant to maintain white dominance by limiting the liberties of Black individuals, not those of White citizens who benefited from the system. While other groups faced discrimination in different contexts, the distinctive pattern and purpose of Jim Crow laws targeted Black citizens, making that answer the best fit.