The Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era were attempts by who to do what?
Select one:
O
the Federal Government to improve the status of African Americans and Native
American Indians
O
states to ban organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan
O
the Radical Republicans in Congress to carry out Reconstruction plans
O
state and local governments to restrict the freedoms of African Americans

state and local governments to restrict the freedoms of African Americans

states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”

i think they came to washington to protest