(mc)how did lawmakers use the fourteenth amendment to justify the passage of jim crow laws in the south?

a. they claimed that the fourteenth amendment did not apply to the south because the territory was no longer part of the united states.
b. they argued that the fourteenth amendment applied only to the actions of state governments, not private individuals or businesses.
c. they argued that the fourteenth amendment was unconstitutional because african americans were not legal citizens.
d. they claimed that the fourteenth amendment protected only the rights of african americans living in the north.