The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
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The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
The controversy over the election drove a compromise that ended reconstruction.
The president's election that marked the end of Reconstruction was Rutherford Hayes. It was during the Presidential Election of 1876.
The disputed election of 1876 resulted in the end of Reconstruction. From- Halloween Rz
It ended Reconstruction because it led to the Compromise of 1877.
One reason the election of 1876 was important was that it was decided in the House of Representatives. Also, Rutherford Hayes effectively ended Reconstruction in the South almost immediately.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
it settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election and ended Congressional ("Radical") Reconstruction
The political deal to settle the election of 1876, known as the Compromise of 1877, may have been viewed as an appropriate solution at the time. It allowed for the peaceful resolution of a highly contested election and effectively ended Reconstruction in the South. However, it also resulted in the abandonment of civil rights protections for African Americans, leading to decades of racial segregation and discrimination.
There was no election that year. The election was in 1876.
The election followed the Constitution and went to the House of Representatives to be decided. However a deal was made that the Republicans would end reconstruction in the South and remove the last Federal troops if Hayes was elected.