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the end of Reconstruction
All information taken from the curriculum guide; images from a variety of Google images
Election of 1876Rutherford B. Hayes wins the
election of 1876– Wanted to end radical
reconstruction
– Former governor of Ohio, Republican
– Compromise of 1877; ended Military occupation in the south
The “Compromise” of 1877Rutherford B. Hayes is
given the Presidency when Republicans agree to:
1.Name a Southern to Cabinet
2.Federal spending on rebuilding South
3. Remove military from the South
The removal of troops = the end of Reconstruction!!!
African American rights• Rights that African Americans gained
were lost through black codes especially in the South. – Black Codes
• Laws passed in the south just after the civil war aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers.
– Black codes intended to keep African Americans in a condition similar to slavery.
African Americans after the reconstruction
Where will they live and work?They…
–Rented pieces of land usually from their former master
–Forced to give percentage of crops to Plantation owner
SharecroppingCrop Lien System•Sharecroppers had no income until harvest time
•Had to promise their crops to local merchants in order to get supplies
The Ku Klux Klan
• KKK was founded in 1866 by 6 former Confederates
• Terrorists
• Used intimidation, fear and violence
Denied Their Rights
Methods Used In The South to Deny African
Americans their rights.
Literacy Tests Grandfather Clauses
Poll Tax Jim Crow Laws
test where blacks had to read and
write to vote
Helped whites who couldn’t read – If your grandfather
voted in 1867, you could vote.
A registration fee to vote.
Laws that segregated blacks
from whites in public places
Jim Crow Laws- laws that legalized segregation
Segregation- Separating of the Races
By the 1890’s all southern states had legally segregated public transportation, schools, parks and other public places.
Plessy v. Ferguson• Homer Plessy was
denied a seat in a first class railway car
• Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” facilities did not violate the 14th amendment
• Legalized segregation
The end of Reconstruction• The south slowly rebuilds after the
civil war• African Americans fight to keep their
newly acquired rights– Jim Crow laws– Plessy vs. Ferguson/segregation
• Many southerners move west to settle in new lands with better economic opportunities—a new start.