After Reconstruction ended, which factor allowed for segregation to spread throughout the South? A. Voting was encouraged for all citizens of the South B. Equal opportunities for education were available to all citizens of the South C. The Fourteenth Amendment prevented legal segregation D. Democrats enacted laws that made segregation legal

After reconstruction ended, Democrats enacted laws that made segregation legal. Option D is correct.

At the end of the era of reconstruction, segregation laws were passed in the South. These laws were what became known as the Jim Crow laws.

These laws were used to enforce segregation. They were mostly state and local government enactments.

They established a racial caste system in the South of the United States of America.

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D. Democrats enacted laws that made segregation legal

Explanation:

Started from the 1870s after the Reconstruction, it was the Southern, white dominated, Democratic Redeemer governments that enacted Jim Crow laws, which officially enforce racial segregation of the Black people from the white population across the South.

The Jim Corw's law that was passed prevents the African Americans from voting and segregated schools, restaurants, and public accommodation.

Hence, After Reconstruction ended, the factor that allowed for segregation to spread throughout the South is that; Democrats enacted laws that made segregation legal

b or c im pretty sure

freedom of speech is also protected by the 1 amendment.

explanation:

here is pretty much what the 1st amendment says:

congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.