The Compromise of 1876 and the Limitations of Reconstruction

These flashcards cover key concepts related to the Compromise of 1876, Reconstruction, and the subsequent rise of racial segregation and white supremacy.

Compromise of 1876

An agreement that officially ended Reconstruction and led to the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.

Reconstruction

The period after the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the Southern states and ensuring rights for newly freed African Americans.

Jim Crow Laws

State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

A Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine.

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

A white supremacist organization founded in the South that terrorized African Americans and their allies.

Sharecropping

An agricultural system where tenants farmed land owned by others in exchange for a share of the crops, often resulting in a cycle of debt.

Racial Segregation

The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.

De jure segregation

Legal separation of groups enforced by law.

De facto segregation

Separation that occurs in practice but not sanctioned by law.

White Citizens Council

A network of white supremacist organizations in the U.S. that sought to maintain racial segregation.

Lynching

The extrajudicial killing of individuals, often by mob action, commonly targeting African Americans in the South.