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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.
Hayes withdrew the troops federal troops from the South
Reconstruction
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Rutherford B. Hayes took office March 4, 1877. He removed the last of the troops in Louisiana and South Carolina AFTER he took office as President. The Compromise of 1877 called for this withdrawal and helped put Hayes into office without disputes of the election.