Jim Crow laws emerged after Reconstruction to limit voting rights for African-Americans. Which statement is true?

• A. True
• B. False
• C. They limited only property rights
• D. They promoted universal suffrage

Answer: (A)

After Reconstruction, many Southern states put in place laws and practices designed to keep African Americans from voting. The term Jim Crow covers a web of measures—poll taxes, literacy tests, residency or understanding clauses, grandfather clauses, and outright intimidation and violence—that were used to undermine Black political power. These rules weren’t about restricting property rights alone or about promoting universal suffrage; they specifically targeted voting access for African Americans and reinforced white supremacy. So the statement is true because Jim Crow laws were aimed at limiting African-American voting rights, not at expanding them or focusing only on property.