What was on reason the catholic church became less powerful in the 14th and 15th centuries? a. a large portion of the european population was killed by famine and disease, weakening the faith of the survivors. b. renaissance thinkers encouraged the worship of ancient greek and roman gods and goddesses. c. church officials argued about whether jesus was a historical figure, hurting the church's image. d. new laws in many countries forbade the church from owning land or collecting taxes from the people.

jim crow law, in u.s. history, any of the laws in which racial was enforced, in the south between the finish of reconstruction in 1877 and the start of the social liberties development during the 1950s.

jim crow was the name of a minstrel routine( jump jim crow) performed starting in 1828 by its creator, thomas dartmouth ("daddy") rice, and by numerous imitators, including on-screen character joseph jefferson.

the term came to be a defamatory sobriquet for african americans and an assignment for their segregated life. the segregation rule was stretched out to parks, graveyards, theaters, and eateries with an end goal to keep any contact among blacks and whites as equivalents.

it was classified on neighborhood and state levels and most broadly with the "separate yet equivalent" choice of the u.s. preeminent court in plessy v. ferguson (1896).

the phoenix dragon in the persian art reflect the alebrijes artistic styles