The Compromise & The "New South"
This 1877 political deal effectively ended Reconstruction by removing the last federal troops from the South.
Compromise of 1877
This 1896 Supreme Court case legalized "separate but equal" facilities, validating Jim Crow.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This phrase, coined by Mark Twain, describes the post-Reconstruction era as a period of surface-level prosperity masking deep corruption and inequality.
Gilded Age
This clause was used by southern states to exempt white voters from voting restrictions like literacy tests.
grandfather clause
This term was used to describe white Southern Democrats who regained political power and "redeemed" the South after 1877
Who are Redeemers
These were designed to force Black Americans to work for lower wages and restricted their movement.
Black Codes
This "King" crop remained the staple of the Southern economy, forcing many into sharecropping.
Cotton
This amendment guaranteed citizenship and equal protection, though largely ignored in the South after 1877.
the 14th Amendment
This term describes the legalized system of segregation that replaced slavery in the South.
Jim Crow laws
This 1890 event was a turning point, marking the end of the "frontier" and the systematic suppression of Plains Indians.
the Wounded Knee Massacre