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Racial segregation in the Southern states
After the American Civil War of 1861鈥�1865, the growth of cities and the railroads led to greater contact between blacks and whites in the American South. Southerners felt the need to introduce a specific legal system of racial control. After the 1875 Civil Rights Act was struck down as unconstitutional, the door was open for Southern states to introduce 'Jim Crow' laws on segregation.
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