An example of de jure segregation is the jim crow laws, which legalized the separation of the races in public accommodations (such as hotels, restaurants, transportation, hospitals, jails, schools, churches, and cemeteries) in the southern united states after the civil war.

The writers of the constitution included an amendment process primarily to: a. allow future generations to adapt the constitution to the needs of the time. b. make sure the federal government would remain weak in the future. c. clarify the division of power among the branches of government. d. ensure that states would have limited power in the future.