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Joseph Rainey of South Carolina
In 1870 President Hays made a deal to remove federal troops from the southern states. This changed reconstruction and allowed the south to begin the Jim Crow laws that would create segregation and discrimination for another 100 years. Had reconstruction been allowed to continue the southern states may have not developed as they did, but we will never know.
The 15th amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870. This amendment did not fully guarantee the African-Americans to vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The Gilded Age
Paul Klee