What are the effects of the the end of reconstruction?

Answer 1

Some of the immediate effects of American reconstruction were the end of slavery, a change of government in the South to disallow Confederate politicians, and the drop of the southern economy because of the lack of slave labor. Longer-term effects included African-Americans gaining the right to vote, long-lasting racial tensions, and the growth of communities that had mostly or all African-Americans.

Answer 2

One of the greatest effects of the end of Reconstruction in the late 1800s was the Republican party's abandonment of its commitment to racial equality as President Hayes's "Let 'em Alone" policy withdrew the federal troops that Grant had hired in an attempt to promote and protect racial equality.

Though these federal troops had little efficacy in their given purpose to begin with, their removal still led to more fervent discrimination against blacks (as there were no longer punishments to fear). The strong prejudice and mistreatment that had once been awkward and informal separation of the races post-Civil War soon became official codes of segregation known as Jim Crow laws, which ruled that separate facilities were constitutional, so long as they were equal.

Though said to be 'equal,' the quality of African American life was clearly not so compared to that of Caucasians; everything from schooling, public restrooms, seating on public transportation, and even drinking fountains, were second-rate.

Additionally, the end of Reconstruction caused post-depression tension in the United States to increase significantly. Railroad workers faced particularly hard times, and when four of the nation's largest railroads cut employees' wages by ten percent, the bubble finally burst and workers struck back.

Not only did the affected workers revolt, but laborers of all trades rushed to support the strike. President Hayes decided to involve federal troops to break up these striking laborers and after weeks of dispute, over one hundred people had been killed.

With tense economic times threatening the financial welfare of all Americans, immigrants became the main targets of hate crimes (as times were rapidly changing and it was an instinct to first look down upon the dissimilar) and were viewed as unworthy competitors for cheap labor.

Answer 3

Some of the immediate effects of American reconstruction were the end of slavery, a change of government in the South to disallow Confederate politicians, and the drop of the southern economy because of the lack of slave labor. Longer-term effects included African-Americans gaining the right to vote, long-lasting racial tensions, and the growth of communities that had mostly or all African-Americans.