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Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for withdrawing federal troops from the South.
southern white republicansANSWER:During the period of Reconstruction, Federal troops that were stationed in southern states made sure Blacks had their right to vote.White Democrats didn't have not much say in the process.However, in 1876, Reconstruction came to an end. With United States forces out of the South, and the KKK in, Blacks were frightened away from voting.For this reason, the Democrats were once again in power not only of the federal government, but, many state legislatures, governorships, and other state wide offices as well.
1877
Federal troops were withdrawn from the South
Rutherford B. Hayes was president when the last of the occupying federal troops were withdrawn from the defeated Southern states , which event if generally considered the end of Reconstruction.
When federal troops left in 1877
When federal troops left in 1877
Because ending Reconstruction meant reintegrating the former rebellious Confederate states into the United States on a full and equal basis, and ending occupation of these states by Federal troops. Ending Reconstruction meant the removal of all political disabilities imposed on the 11 southern states that had formed the Confederacy.
In 1870 President Hays made a deal to remove federal troops from the southern states. This changed reconstruction and allowed the south to begin the Jim Crow laws that would create segregation and discrimination for another 100 years. Had reconstruction been allowed to continue the southern states may have not developed as they did, but we will never know.
Leave the southern states immediately
Leave the southern states immediately
Leave the southern states immediately
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Leave the southern states immediately
The last Federal troops (about 3000 out of a total US Army of 27,000) were withdrawn from the South in 1877 by Rutherford B Hayes.
Compromise of 1877