The excerpt below was written by historian Eric Foner in 2005 More than simply a form of racial separation, segregation was part of a complex
system of white domination, in which each component-disenfranchisement,
unequal economic status, inferior education - reinforced the others.
Why did the "system" described in this excerpt develop?
O Reconstruction failed to secure lasting rights for freedman
O African Americans lacked opportunities in Northern states
President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had several limitations.
O Much of the South was developed during the Civil War and military occupation