Reconstruction's failure refers to the unsuccessful attempt to rebuild and integrate the South after the Civil War. It was marked by political corruption, racial violence, and the inability to fully establish civil rights for African Americans.
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Ku Klux Klan: A white supremacist group that used violence and intimidation tactics against African Americans during Reconstruction.
Jim Crow Laws: Racial segregation laws that enforced separate facilities for whites and blacks in public spaces.
Sharecropping: An agricultural system where freed slaves worked on land owned by others in exchange for a share of crops produced.