The Compromise of 1877 was an off-the-cuff agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes to settle the results of the 1876 presidential election and marked the top of the Reconstruction era.
What effect did it had on the policies of north and south?
- By the 1870s, support was waning for the racially egalitarian policies of Reconstruction, a series of laws put in situ after the war to guard the rights of African Americans, especially within the South. Many southern whites had resorted to intimidation and violence to stay blacks from voting and restore racism within the region.
- The Democrats agreed to not block Hayes’ victory on the condition that Republicans withdraw all troops from the South, thus bringing together Democratic control over the region. As a results of the so-called Compromise of 1877 (or Compromise of 1876), Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina became Democratic another time, effectively bringing an end to the Reconstruction era.
- Southern Democrats’ promises to guard the civil and political rights of Black people weren't kept, and also the end of federal interference in southern affairs led to widespread disenfranchisement of Black voters.
Thus, The Compromise of 1877 effectively ended the Reconstruction era.
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