USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION AND THE ELECTION OF 1876

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What contributed to the end of the Reconstruction Era?
A
When Hayes became president and withdrew troops from the South.
B
When the KKK began to use violence to stop freedmen from voting.
C
When former Confederates were given the right to vote again.
D
All of these contributed.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The shift of political power in the South was only one cause of the end of Radical Reconstruction. The other key factor was a series of sweeping Supreme Court rulings in the 1870s and 1880s that weakened radical policy in the years before.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the US from 1861-1865. Lincoln laid the foundations of the Reconstruction Era by moving the country towards accepting the idea of abolishing slavery.

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