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Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for withdrawing federal troops from the South.
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How did the comprimise of 1877 help end reconstruction?
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Reconstruction finally came to an official end as part of a compromise involving?
Reconstruction finally came to an official end as part of a compromise involving the southern states. Rutherford B. Hayes removed troops in 1877.
Was the compromise of 1877 a necessary attempt to avoid a possible renewal of civil war or cynical self interested political bargain whose real victim were abandoned African Americans?
The Compromise of 1877 and the End of ReconstructionThe Electoral Count Act, passed in 1877, set up an electoral commission that consisted of 15 men selected from the Senate, the House, and the Supreme Court, which would count the votes (the 15th man was to be an independent, David Davis, but at the last moment, he resigned).In February of 1877, the Senate and the House met to settle the dispute, and eventually, Hayes became president as a part of the rest of the Compromise of 1877. True to a compromise, both sides won a bit: For the North-Hayes would become president if he agreed to remove troops from the remaining two Southern states where Union troops remained (Louisiana and South Carolina), and also, a bill would subsidize the Texas and Pacific rail line.For the South-military rule and Reconstruction ended when the military pulled out of the South.The Compromise of 1877 abandoned the Blacks in the South by withdrawing troops, and their last attempt at protection of Black rights was the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which was mostly declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the 1883 Civil Rights cases.
Why did Reconstruction end?
AnswerCongress was tired of reconstruction and sick of changing the social structure of the South. And, all of the old leaders were dead. There was also a lot of corruption in Grant's administration, and Congress decided stopping corruption was more important. A third reason was because Congress had a new goal to make the US the most powerful, industrial nation in the world and to help big businesses.
When did radical reconstruction begin?
To some extent, it began immediately after the end of the Civil War, following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, who favored a more conciliatory approach to the vanquished South. The Radical Republicans increased their control of Congress following the 1866 elections, and passed the Reconstruction Acts beginning in 1867.
