jan 1, 1877 - Compromise of 1877

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The Compromise of 1877 was an unofficial political bargain that sealed the election of 1876 and put Rutherford B. Hayes in the oval office

This compromise essentially ended the reconstruction era in the South post-civil war, because the compromise placed many Republicans in powerful positions, so even though a Southern Democratic president was elected, he could rarely pass bills on reconstruction, then the idea of reconstruction faded away mostly

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