Women in the late 1800's still could not vote.
<span>Hobbes believed that without the structure of law in society, we would resort to depravity and violence when needed to. If someone were to be in a desperate enough state, they would murder or steal for survival. Law helps to undo that.</span>
I would say the Jim Crow laws
Slavery is what separated the north and the south. Its what caused the civil war. the north wanted to abolish slavery but the south needed it.