4h 16min, feb 23, 1877 y - Reconstruction Ends
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Reconstruction Ends: With the compromise, the Republicans had quietly given up their fight for racial equality and blacks' rights in the south. In 1877, Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the south, and the bayonet-backed Republican governments collapsed, thereby endingReconstruction.Added to timeline:
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4h 16min, feb 23, 1877 y
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~ 149 years ago