RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Grant’s scandals and the economic crisis hurt the Republicans’ credibility.
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African Americans switched parties and voted Democratic.
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Reconstruction ended, giving Democrats power again.
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President Grant ran for a third term, which angered the voters in the North.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Terms in this set (12) The Panic of 1873 was triggered by a severe economic depression that began during Grant’s second term. This depression plus the scandals in the administration hurt the Republican party. and so, in the 1874 congressional elections, the Democrats won back control of the House of Representatives.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election; through it Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House on the understanding that he would remove the federal troops from South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana.
Detailed explanation-3: -Grant’s presidency was marred by political scandal, clashes with Native Americans and continued violence throughout the Reconstruction South.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following accurately describe the Grant administration’s scandals?-The secretary of the treasury discovered some of his officials were operating a “whiskey ring.”-The secretary of war had accepted bribes to retain an Indian-post trader in office.