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?

Reconstruction failed to secure lasting rights for freedman.

Explanation:

The options include:

a. Reconstruction failed to secure lasting rights for freedman

b. African Americans lacked opportunities in Northern states

President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had several limitations.

c. Much of the South was developed during the Civil War and military occupation

The system that was described in this excerpt developed that reconstruction failed to secure lasting rights for freedman.

This can be deduced from the excerpt where it was written that segregation was part of a complex system where the whites dominated and the components of disenfranchisement reinforced each other.

they were the direct result of some cultural difussion.

macon. i believe thats the answer

sorry if im wrong.