1. End Of Reconstruction

2. 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.

3. Election of 1876 Democratic Platform Republican Platform 1868 1872
Tilden: 184
Hayes: 166
Disputed: 19
FTW: 185
1868
1872
1876

4. 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

5. 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.

6. “Redeemer” Governments
Southern 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)

7. The “Solid South”
Almost 50 Years Later

8. Jim Crow Segregation and Voting Restrictions Literacy Tests
Grandfather Clause
“Jim Crow” Laws
Racial Segregation
Literacy Tests
Poll Tax
Designed to keep Black citizens from voting

9. The Supreme Court and 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).

10. Plessy v. Ferguson 14 (1896) Louisiana Racial Segregation Case
“Separate But Equal”
MAKES SEGREGATION LEGAL
Overturned by Brown v. Board (1954) 14