American South (19th and early 20th centuries)

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cultural region historical region

The American South in the 19th and early 20th centuries was a predominantly agrarian, racially segregated region defined by the legacy of slavery, the Civil War, and Jim Crow laws, with a political culture rooted in white supremacy and states’ rights.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
American South 2
Antebellum American South (fictional setting) 1
Antebellum South 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Baptist and Methodist dominance ⓘ
development of country music roots ⓘ
emergence of blues music ⓘ
evangelical Protestantism ⓘ
rural folk traditions ⓘ
associatedWithDecision Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ⓘ
associatedWithDemography large African American population ⓘ
predominantly rural population ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Lost Cause ideology ⓘ
associatedWithPractice lynching of African Americans ⓘ
dominantEconomicSector cotton agriculture ⓘ
rice and sugar agriculture in some areas ⓘ
tobacco agriculture ⓘ
dominantIdeology states’ rights constitutional interpretation ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
dominantPoliticalParty Southern Democrats ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (Solid South)
experiencedChange slow industrialization in some urban centers ⓘ
experiencedEvent Great Migration of African Americans out of the region ⓘ
followedBy American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) ⓘ
hasCharacteristic emphasis on states’ rights ideology ⓘ
legacy of slavery ⓘ
predominantly agrarian economy ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
white supremacist political order ⓘ
laborSystem sharecropping ⓘ
slavery (until 1865) ⓘ
tenant farming ⓘ
legalRegime Reconstruction era ⓘ
surface form: Black Codes (immediately after the Civil War)

Jim Crow laws ⓘ
grandfather clauses ⓘ
literacy tests for voting ⓘ
poll taxes ⓘ
locatedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
politicalPattern Black voter suppression ⓘ
one-party rule ⓘ
precededBy American South (colonial and early national periods) ⓘ
shapedByEvent American Civil War ⓘ
Compromise of 1877 ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
surface form: Reconstruction

Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) ⓘ
disfranchisement of Black voters ⓘ
rise of Jim Crow laws ⓘ
socialSystem anti-miscegenation laws ⓘ
legal segregation in public facilities ⓘ
racial caste system ⓘ
segregated education ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American South (colonial and early national periods) → followedBy → American South (19th and early 20th centuries) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum South
Democratic Party → historicalStronghold → American South (19th and early 20th centuries) ⓘ
A Journey Through Texas → mainSubject → American South (19th and early 20th centuries) ⓘ
this entity surface form: antebellum South
Southern Democrats → region → American South (19th and early 20th centuries) ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave → setting → American South (19th and early 20th centuries) ⓘ
this entity surface form: American South
Topsy → timePeriod → American South (19th and early 20th centuries) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum American South (fictional setting)