RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Rutherford Hayes becomes President of the United States
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Federal troops are withdrawn from the South
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Samuel Tilden becomes Vice-President of the United States
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Republican state government in the South collapse and get removed from office
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Detailed explanation-1: -An informal, “back-room” deal was struck to resolve the votes: the Compromise of 1877. In the deal, the Democrats conceded the 20 contested electoral votes to Hayes, resulting in a 185-184 victory; in return, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, marking the end of Reconstruction.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) defeated Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) in the controversial presidential election of 1876.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Compromise of 1877, also known as the Wormley Agreement or the Bargain of 1877, was an unwritten deal, informally arranged among members of the United States Congress, to settle the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden.
Detailed explanation-4: -In February, at a meeting held in Washington’s Wormley Hotel, the Democrats agreed to accept a Hayes victory and to respect the civil and political rights of African Americans, on the condition that Republicans withdraw all federal troops from the South, thus consolidating Democratic control in the region.