How did lawmakers use the Fourteenth Amendment to justify the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South?

They claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to the South because the territory was no longer part of the United States.
They argued that the Fourteenth Amendment applied only to the actions of state governments, not private individuals or businesses.
They argued that the Fourteenth Amendment was unconstitutional because African Americans were not legal citizens.
They claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment protected only the rights of African Americans living in th

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How did lawmakers use the Fourteenth Amendment to justify the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South? 
 	
	They claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to the South because the territory was no longer part of the United States.
	They argued that the Fourteenth Amendment applied only to the actions of state governments, not private individuals or businesses.
	They argued that the Fourteenth Amendment was unconstitutional because African Americans were not legal citizens.
	They claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment protected only the rights of African Americans living in th

anonymous · Answer

Mind posting the last bit of the fourth possible answer?

anonymous · Answer

Ah, no matter.

The answer is B.
Many believed it did not apply to businesses. Thus restaurants, buses, and such could continue to segregate services. this construct was basically thrown out by Brown v. Board of Education, and The Civil Rights Act.

anonymous · Answer

thanks

anonymous · Answer

No problem :P