end of reconstruction. 1. panic of 1873 northerners were growing tired of it the panic created other...
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End Of Reconstruction
1. Panic of 1873
• Northerners were growing tired of it• The panic created other problems to worry
about• Created economic problems that weakened
Republican control• Pressure on Congress to bring it to an end.
Election of 1876 Republican Platform
Democratic Platform
Tilden: 184Hayes: 166Disputed: 19FTW: 185
18721868 1876
2. 2. Election of 1876
• Ends in a tie• Goes to the House of Representatives and still
a tie• Congress creates a commission to determine
winner• Deal struck with the South• Let Rutherford B. Hayes take the presidency
and they will end Reconstruction
3. Compromise of 1877
• Puts Hayes into the presidency• Removes military troops from the South• THIS ACTION SIGNALS THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION FOR THE SOUTH.
“Redeemer” GovernmentsSouthern White “Bourbon” Democrats re-assert authority
“Solid South”– DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD• Republican Party a non-entity in
Southern politics until the 1960s
Gov. Wade Hampton (SC)
The “Solid South”
Almost 50 Years Later
Jim Crow
“Jim Crow” LawsRacial Segregation
Grandfather Clause
Literacy TestsPoll Tax
Designed to keep Black citizens from voting
Segregation and Voting Restrictions
The Supreme Courtand Civil Rights
(Late Nineteenth Century)
In the late 19th century, the Supreme Court upheld Jim Crow, as well as restrictions on voting (since these restrictions did not explicitly discriminate based on race).
Plessy v. Ferguson
• Louisiana Racial Segregation Case• “Separate But Equal”• MAKES SEGREGATION LEGAL
• Overturned by Brown v. Board (1954)
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(1896)