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mar 2, 1877 - Hayes-Tilden Compromise

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Rutherford B. Hayes wins the U.S. Presidency by promising to allow South Carolina and Louisiana 'to control their own affairs', thus ending the period known as Congressional Reconstruction and allowing the Southern states to deal with African Americans as a local issue.

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mar 2, 1877
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~ 149 years ago