Which statement best summarizes the rise of Jim Crow and the end of Reconstruction?
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Correct answer: Federal retreat, white resistance, and weak enforcement let segregation and disfranchisement expand
Reconstruction ended as federal commitment weakened and Southern white Democrats regained power. The rise of Jim Crow reflected the retreat from Reconstruction's promise of racial equality and equal citizenship.
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