Why the Separate Car Act of 1890 significant? It was the first legislation that approved blacks and whites being in the same train car in different labeled sections.

It was the first law created by a United States president that separated people by race or social status.

It was the first time the Bourbons attempted to separate people by race, affecting race relations for decades.

It was the first segregation law separating blacks and whites in the entire southern United States.