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The End of Reconstruction Unit II – Chapter 5 Ch. 12,3 text
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Grant’s Presidency Corruption scandal problems Grant not directly involved, but failed to stop or address corruption of his friends and staff Public grew tired of corruption of powerful industrialists and government officials 1873 – economic depression
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Supreme Court 1873 – Slaughterhouse Cases 1875 – US v. Cruikshank Limited the scope/influence of 14 th and 15 th amendment Highlighted gov’t apathy towards equal civil rights
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Southern Backlash Formation of the KKK Little fear of consequences Redeemer movement – bipartisan effort to rebuild the traditional south (of course, the parties work together when they ought not too) Reelection of white Confederates to political positions 1874 – Radical Republicans lost the House
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Compromise of 1877 Election of 1876 Split between popular and electoral vote Rutherford B. Hayes (Rep) elected president in exchange for the end of troop occupation and Cabinet positions for Southerners Effectively ended Reconstruction Public fatigued with Reconstruction and distracted by economic problems and concerns with immigration
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Evaluating Reconstruction Increased suffrage for blacks, but very limited gains Reinvigorated women’s rights movement Strengthened two party system – Rep. became seen as the party of big business, Dem. became associated as the pro- labor (and anti-black and immigrant) party Increased power of federal government Bitterness between North and South
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