RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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the end of Reconstruction and the removal of the remaining troops from the South
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allowing former Confederate officers and officials to serve in Congress
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the return of all confiscated lands to the original landowners
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Southern war debts to be forgiven
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rival governments arose claiming to recognize Tilden as the rightfully elected President. Republicans, fearing another sectional crisis, reached out to Democrats. In the Compromise of 1877 Democrats conceded the presidency to Hayes on the promise that all remaining troops would be removed from the South.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Compromise of 1877 gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for the end of Reconstruction in the South.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.