2. WHAT CAUSED THE END OF
RECONSTRUCTION??
RADICAL REPUBLICANS WERE LOSING
POWER
MANY NORTHERNERS GREW TIRED OF
TRYING TO REFORM THE SOUTH
MANY FELT IT WAS TIME TO LET THE SOUTH
RUN THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS
3. WHAT CAUSED THE END OF
RECONSTRUCTION??
CONGRESS PASSED THE AMNESTY ACT,
GIVING THE RIGHT TO VOTE BACK TO
WHITE SOUTHERNERS
THE ELECTION OF 1876
4. RECONSTRUCTION ENDS WITH
THE ELECTION OF 1876
THE ELECTION OF
1876 ENDED
RECONSTRUCTION
A DISPUTE OVER
ELECTORAL VOTES
BETWEEN HAYES
AND TILDEN
CAUSED A SPECIAL
COMMISION TO
SETTLE THE
5. COMPROMISE OF 1877
ISSUE.
HAYES WAS GIVEN
THE ELECTION AND
AGREED TO
REMOVE THE
UNION TROOPS
FROM THE SOUTH
TO PLEASE THE
SOUTHERN
DEMOCRATS
6. RESTRICTED RIGHTS
THE SOUTH WAS
NOW BACK IN
CONTROL OF THEIR
GOVERNMENT AND
PASSED LAWS TO
KEEP AFRICAN
AMERICAN MEN
FROM VOTING
7. RESTRICTED RIGHTS
POLL TAXES-VOTERS HAD TO PAY TO VOTE
LITERACY TESTS-REQUIRED VOTERS TO
READ AND EXPLAIN A SECTION OF THE
CONSTITUTION
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE-IF A VOTER'S
FATHER OR GRANDFATHER VOTED IN THE
PAST, VOTER WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
8. PLESSY V FERGUSON
THE PLESSY VS
FERGUSON CASE
RULED SEPARATE
BUT EQUAL WAS
LEGAL.
SEGREGATION-
SEPARATION OF
RACES WAS NOW
LEGAL