Following Reconstruction, the South Was Characterized by ______

question 29

Multiple Choice

Following Reconstruction, the South was characterized by ______.

• A) African Americans becoming the dominant class
• B) a rigid caste system due to the Jim Crow laws
• C) an end to the plantation system and urbanization
• D) an end to the White class system
• E) increasing opportunity for African Americans

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