In the post-Reconstruction South, what did the term "segregation" describe?

A system dividing farmland for tenant farmers

The process of paying a tax in order to vote

The legal separation of races in public life

A federal program for rebuilding Southern infrastructure

Although the 'separate but equal' principle allowed for segregation, what was the typical reality for African Americans in the South?

The facilities provided for them were usually of better quality.

They received access to the exact same resources as white citizens.

The facilities designated for them were almost always inferior.

They were given financial compensation for the inconvenience.

A society focused on agricultural innovation

A society built on racial hierarchy

A society with strong federal government oversight

A society that encouraged migration to the North

To provide economic aid to formerly enslaved people

To enforce the legal separation of black and white citizens in public life

To encourage African Americans to vote in federal elections

To rebuild Southern cities and factories with federal funds

The ratification of a new constitutional amendment

The final withdrawal of federal soldiers from the South

The creation of new schools by the Freedmen's Bureau

The start of the sharecropping system across the region