Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for withdrawing federal troops from the South.
The military troops stationed throughout the South to enforce the Radical Reconstruction Act were deployed by the federal government under the authority of President Ulysses S. Grant. This was done to ensure the protection of freed slaves and to maintain order during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War.
either white wealthy planters, federal troops, or black republicans
Defeated troops who were unemployed - as in Germany in the 1920's.
In 1877, Democrats refused to allow the President to take office unless he removed federal troops from the South. This was called the Compromise of 1877.
Hayes withdrew the troops federal troops from the South
Reconstruction
1877When the last federal troops were removed from the south.
1877
The military occupation of the South by the Federal Troops and the Reconstruction.
Democrats
Federal troops were withdrawn from the South
When federal troops left in 1877
When federal troops left in 1877
The end of the Reconstruction.
Union troops, specifically military officials, were sent to the South during the Civil War to maintain order and enforce Reconstruction laws. These troops sought to uphold the authority of the federal government and facilitate the transition of the Southern states back into the Union.
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for withdrawing federal troops from the South.