Jim Crow laws passed in the South during the late
180os were designed to
(1) support civil rights for African Americans
(2) create a system of legal segregation
(3) give free land to formerly enslaved persons
(4) compensate landowners for damage done
during the Civil War
Jim Crow laws passed in the South during the late 1800s were designed to "(2) create a system of legal segregation" which greatly set the progress back from the Civil War.