RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Reconstruction ended as a result of the Compromise of 1877 because:
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Public opinion in the North no longer favored existing Reconstruction policies
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many blacks were now in positions of power in the South, and Reconstruction was no longer needed
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the new president, Rutherford B. Hayes, was strongly against the existing Reconstruction policy
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by the provisions of the compromise, the U.S. Army was removed from Southern states
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Compromise of 1877 was an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Compromise of 1877 gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for the end of Reconstruction in the South.
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