What was the main social basis of the jim crow system? anger about the civil war resentment against carpetbaggers racism toward african americans resistance to the federal government

The correct answer is C) racism towards African Americans.

The main social basis of the Jim Crow system was racism towards African Americans.

Jim Crow laws were a sad moment in US history. The laws increased racial segregation. The antecedent of the Jim Crow laws can be traced back to the Black Codes in the Southern States during the Reconstruction period. Jim Crow laws were enacted in the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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