3 jan 1877 ano - 1877 - The End of The Reconstruction (Compromise)

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he end of The Reconstruction (1877): The end of The Reconstruction was a critical and devastating point in U.S. history, as it meant a retreat and a huge step back from the commitment to establish rights for African Americans, reunite the nation, and try to do something about the political and social system from the South. In 1877, in a dispute over Presidential Elections, a Compromise was reached. The Presidential Elections were really conflictive since the Candidates were a Republican (supporting The Reconstruction) and a Democrat (opposing The Reconstruction). It turns out that when it came to vote counting, it was impossible to determine who’d won since there votes had been significantly corrupted. To avoid a nation-wide conflict, both Candidates reached this Compromise which consisted on the following:
The Republican Candidate would be elected as President.
In return, Federal troops would leave the south and they would cease all efforts related to the enforcement of The Reconstruction.
The consequences of this were the following:
The South, having now more control on their governments, started to implement Jim Crow regulations, which enforced segregation in the South; in public institutions, Schools, work, etc, stripping African Americans off their civil rights, and segregating society for over a century.

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