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Following the presidential election of 1876, Southern Democrats were able to negotiate the end of Reconstruction with Republicans in Congress because the electoral college could not declare a clear winner, sending the decision to the House of Representatives. In order for the Republican candidate to win, the Republicans agreed to end Reconstruction in 1877.
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How could the southern states regain their constitutional rights?
fight
What required 50 percent of southern voters to take an oath of loyalty to the Union before the southern states could regain their status as states?
The Wade-Davis Bill
How did the republican government change legislation in southern states?
The Republican government changed legislation in southern states by giving the newly freed slaves, businessmen and soldiers the right to vote. This lead to the poor south turning to violence to regain democratic powers to oppress the newly freed blacks.
Who were the copperheads in the civil war?
copperheads were Northern supporters of the Confederacy
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln?
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
