Federal Troops
The Compromise of 1877 following the election of Rutherford B. Hayes.
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for withdrawing federal troops from the South.
Most of the troops were removed during Ulysses Grant'ssecond term. The final removals, from South Carolina and Louisiana, took place early in the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877.
The Compromise of 1877 called for the removal of all Federal troops from former Confederate states. The troops had been put there to protect the rights of newly freed black slaves. It called for at least one southern Democrat to be appointed to Hayes' cabinet. It called for another Transcontinental Railroad that would use Texas and Pacific in the south. It also called for measures to financially restore the south incurred after they lost the civil war.
Leave the southern states immediately
Federal Troops
Federal troops
Leave the southern states immediately
Leave the southern states immediately
Leave the southern states immediately (apex)
Compromise of 1877
In 1877, Democrats refused to allow the President to take office unless he removed federal troops from the South. This was called the Compromise of 1877.
The Compromise of 1877 following the election of Rutherford B. Hayes.
The Compromise of 1877 following the election of Rutherford B. Hayes.
The Compromise of 1877 following the election of Rutherford B. Hayes.
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for withdrawing federal troops from the South.