RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION AND THE ELECTION OF 1876
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Question
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What contributed to the end of the Reconstruction Era?
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When Hayes became president and withdrew troops from the South.
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When the KKK began to use violence to stop freedmen from voting.
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When former Confederates were given the right to vote again.
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All of these contributed.
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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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