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The End of Reconstruction

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The End of Reconstruction. Reconstruction. Tried to Suppress former Confederate leadership and the attitudes of rebellion against the United States. Secure full citizenship and civil rights for the former slaves. Resistance by White Southerners. The Ku Klux Klan. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Page 1: The End of Reconstruction

The End of Reconstruction

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Reconstruction

Tried to• Suppress former Confederate leadership

and the attitudes of rebellion against the United States.

• Secure full citizenship and civil rights for the former slaves.

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Resistance by White Southerners

• The Ku Klux Klan

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Resistance by White Southerners

Political Resistance

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The Election of 1876

Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican Samuel J. Tilden, Democrat

Who won?

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The Election of 1876

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Compromise of 1877

• Hayes allowed to become president.• Reconstruction ended—U.S. troops

withdrawn from southern states.

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The Rise of “Jim Crow”

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Plessy v. Ferguson 1896