Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction
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"Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction" is a landmark historical study by C. Vann Woodward that analyzes how the political deal ending Reconstruction reshaped race relations and sectional politics in the post–Civil War United States.
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Target entity: Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction Context triple: [C. Vann Woodward, notableWork, Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction]
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Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 was the informal political deal that resolved the disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, ended Reconstruction, and paved the way for the rise of Jim Crow segregation in the American South.
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Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was the period following the American Civil War when the United States attempted to reintegrate the seceded Southern states and redefine the legal and social status of formerly enslaved people.
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C.
Sherman Compromise
The Sherman Compromise, better known as the Great Compromise of 1787, was the Constitutional Convention agreement that created a bicameral U.S. legislature with proportional representation in the House and equal representation for states in the Senate.
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D.
Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments)
Redemption refers to the late-19th-century political movement in the American South in which white Democrats regained control from Reconstruction-era Republican governments, rolling back many advances in Black civil and political rights.
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E.
Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction Target entity description: "Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction" is a landmark historical study by C. Vann Woodward that analyzes how the political deal ending Reconstruction reshaped race relations and sectional politics in the post–Civil War United States.
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A.
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 was the informal political deal that resolved the disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, ended Reconstruction, and paved the way for the rise of Jim Crow segregation in the American South.
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B.
Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was the period following the American Civil War when the United States attempted to reintegrate the seceded Southern states and redefine the legal and social status of formerly enslaved people.
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C.
Sherman Compromise
The Sherman Compromise, better known as the Great Compromise of 1787, was the Constitutional Convention agreement that created a bicameral U.S. legislature with proportional representation in the House and equal representation for states in the Senate.
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D.
Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments)
Redemption refers to the late-19th-century political movement in the American South in which white Democrats regained control from Reconstruction-era Republican governments, rolling back many advances in Black civil and political rights.
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E.
Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
history book
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non-fiction book ⓘ scholarly monograph ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African American history
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Southern history ⓘ United States history ⓘ history ⓘ political history ⓘ |
| analyzes |
impact of the Compromise of 1877 on race relations
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impact of the Compromise of 1877 on sectional politics ⓘ |
| argumentSummary | the political deal of 1877 reshaped race relations and sectional politics ⓘ |
| author | C. Vann Woodward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | landmark historical study ⓘ |
| examines |
Northern and Southern political bargaining
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consequences for Black civil and political rights ⓘ federal withdrawal from the South ⓘ national reunion after the Civil War ⓘ retreat from Reconstruction policies ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent | political deal ending Reconstruction ⓘ |
| genre | historical study ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post–Civil War United States ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodCovered |
Reconstruction
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post-Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| influencedField |
historiography of the New South
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interpretations of Reconstruction ⓘ scholarship on race and politics in U.S. history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Compromise of 1877
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Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ post–Civil War United States ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ sectional politics in the United States ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Jim Crow era
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Redeemer governments in the South ⓘ end of Reconstruction ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | United States presidential election of 1876 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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C. Vann Woodward
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notableWork
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Reunion and Reaction: The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction
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