English Explanatory Dictionary

Mississippi Scheme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A financial scheme devised by John Law in 18th-century France.
  2. A political strategy used by white Democrats in Mississippi during the Reconstruction era, by intimidating black voters and to guarantee that white Democrats would take control of the state government.

Word forms

Mississippi Scheme the Mississippi Scheme

Synonyms

Mississippi Bubble
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