What maintain a racial caste system for african americans in the century following the civil war?

a. trust in global stratification
b. amendments to the u. s. constitution
c. belief in reincarnation
d. laws that promoted segregation

The correct answer is :

The correct answer is D.

In the United States, after the enactment of the Reconstruction Amendments (after the Civil War), which guaranteed equality of rights for all US citizens, many Southern states tried to circumvent such provisions with the enactment of the so-called Jim Crow laws. These legal instruments were based on the "separate but equal lemma" which stated that, if the facilities were equal in quality, the equal-rights provision was being respected. Hence, Jim Crow laws constituted the legal base that allowed segregation to occur.

`stare decisis is a legal doctrine that obligates courts to follow historical cases when making a ruling on a similar current or future case. stare decisis ensures that cases with identical facts be approached in the same way, unless overruled by the same court or a higher court such as the us supreme court. simply put, it binds courts to follow legal precedents set by previous decisions.

stare decisis is a latin term meaning "to stand by that which is decided".