Problem
In the wake of Reconstruction, there were four structures of oppression (a culture of fear, sharecropping, segregation, and disenfranchisement) that formed the basis for the "Jim Crow" system. Which of these structures of oppression proved the most important to maintaining the "Jim Crow" system and limiting freedom and opportunity for African Americans? Why? Why were the other structures of oppression less important to maintain the Jim Crow system? Why?