The supreme court’s ruling in the civil rights cases of 1883 led to a the beginnings of the sharecropping system. b the passage of the 1875 civil rights act. c the start of the democratic party. d the rise of jim crow laws in the south.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in the civil rights cases of 1883 led to a the beginnings of "d the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South", since the Court constantly ruled in favor of state sovereignty when it came to the poor treatment of African Americans.