Leave the southern states immediately
Leave the southern states immediately
Leave the southern states immediately
Federal troops
Federal Troops
Leave the southern states immediately (apex)
Leave the southern states immediately
Compromise of 1877
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for withdrawing federal troops from the South.
The Compromise of 1877 was the event that ended Reconstruction. The compromise did more than just end Reconstruction, it also settled the 1876 Presidential election dispute and removed federal troops from the South.
Most of the troops were removed during Ulysses Grant'ssecond term. The final removals, from South Carolina and Louisiana, took place early in the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877.
The Compromise of 1877 following the election of Rutherford B. Hayes.
The Compromise of 1877 following the election of Rutherford B. Hayes.