Reconstruction and its rollback

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historical era political process social process

Reconstruction and its rollback refers to the post–Civil War era of attempted Black political and social advancement in the United States and the subsequent systematic dismantling of those gains through white supremacist violence, legal restrictions, and political backlash.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical era ⓘ political process ⓘ social process ⓘ
characterizedBy	constitutional amendments expanding civil rights ⓘ federal intervention in Southern states ⓘ institutionalization of racial hierarchy after Reconstruction ⓘ legal strategies to circumvent the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ violent resistance to Black political power ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	circa 1900 ⓘ
follows	American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	Union victory in the American Civil War ⓘ abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
hasEffect	disenfranchisement of Black voters in the American South ⓘ entrenchment of racial segregation in the United States ⓘ growth of white supremacist organizations ⓘ long-term racial inequality in the United States ⓘ rise of Jim Crow laws ⓘ temporary Black political representation ⓘ temporary expansion of Black male suffrage ⓘ
hasPart	Black education initiatives during Reconstruction ⓘ Black officeholding during Reconstruction ⓘ Black political participation during Reconstruction ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ Reconstruction rollback ⓘ legal disenfranchisement measures ⓘ racial segregation laws ⓘ racial terror and lynching ⓘ white supremacist backlash ⓘ
involves	Democratic Party in the post-Reconstruction South NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party during Reconstruction NERFINISHED ⓘ federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ formerly enslaved African Americans ⓘ white Southern elites ⓘ white supremacist paramilitary groups ⓘ
mainLocation	American South NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Black civil rights in the United States ⓘ Black political advancement in the United States ⓘ evolution of American citizenship and voting rights ⓘ federal-state power struggle in the post–Civil War era ⓘ white supremacist violence in the United States ⓘ
significantEvent	Colfax Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ Compromise of 1877 NERFINISHED ⓘ Congressional Reconstruction NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamburg Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ Ku Klux Klan violence during Reconstruction ⓘ Military Reconstruction NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi Plan of 1875 NERFINISHED ⓘ Plessy v. Ferguson decision NERFINISHED ⓘ Presidential Reconstruction NERFINISHED ⓘ Redemption in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Redemption in Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Redemption in South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ adoption of Jim Crow laws ⓘ implementation of Black Codes ⓘ rise of Redeemer governments ⓘ withdrawal of federal troops from the South ⓘ
startTime	1865 ⓘ

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