Reconstruction
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The Compromise of 1877 was the event that ended Reconstruction. The compromise did more than just end Reconstruction, it also settled the 1876 Presidential election dispute and removed federal troops from the South.
The end of reconstruction was made effective by a movement which gathered energy up during the Compromise of 1877, in the process called Redemption.
The Republicans gained the presidency from the Compromise of 1877. The Democrats agreed to accept the Republican presidential elector, Rutherford B. Hayes.
Reconstruction came to an end due to the Compromise of 1877(compromise came about because of the disputed 20 electoral votes from the Election of 1876). Part of the compromise was for Rutherford Hayes (candidate to receive the disputed votes which would make him president if Republican agreed to compromise) was to pull federal troops out of the South. Pretty much as soon as Hayes got into office he signed the orders to pull the troops which was the final straw to the Democrat's "Redeemer" government taking over. Any ground that Recontruction had made since 1863 was down the tubes. We would not see another effective stab at Reconstruction until 1963.
The Compromise of 1877 refers to the unwritten and informal deal that ended the Reconstruction Era. The unwritten deal is what settled the 1876 United States disputed presidential elections.