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END OF RECONSTRUCTION “What is Gained is Lost and What was lost is Regained.”

END OF RECONSTRUCTION “What is Gained is Lost and What was lost is Regained.”. End of Reconstruction 1877. Reconstruction ended in 1877 as a result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876. Compromise of 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes elected president by Congress

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END OF RECONSTRUCTION “What is Gained is Lost and What was lost is Regained.”

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  1. END OF RECONSTRUCTION “What is Gained is Lost and What was lost is Regained.”

  2. End of Reconstruction 1877 Reconstruction ended in 1877 as a result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876 Compromise of 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes elected president by Congress • Southerners agreed to give Hayes the presidency • In return Federal troopswere removed from the South • Rights that African Americans had gained were lost through “Jim Crow” Laws

  3. Segregation Segregation: separation of people by race • Based on race • Segregation directed primarily at African Americansin the South; however, other groups were kept segregated. • Native Americans were not considered citizens until 1924

  4. “Jim Crow” Laws Laws that established and formalized segregation • Passed to discriminate against freedmen • Made discrimination practices legal in many communities and states • Were characterized by unequal opportunities in housing, work, education, and government

  5. “Jim Crow” Laws Voter Discrimination • Poll Tax: taxes imposed on voters • Literacy Tests: tests requiring voters to read and write.

  6. Segregation Plessy vs. Ferguson • Supreme Court Case 1896 • Established that “separate but equal” treatment was legal, thusmaking segregation legal throughout the nation

  7. Spread of Terror Secret Societies – Ku Klux Klan (KKK) • Members wore robes and masks and pretended to be ghosts of Confederate soldiers returned from the dead for revenge against the enemies of the South. • Horsemen in long robes appeared at night carrying guns and whips. They encircled the homes of their victims, and planted huge burningcrosses in their yards. People were dragged from their homes, tortured, kidnapped, or murdered.

  8. Response to “Jim Crow” Laws African Americans differed in their responses to discrimination and “Jim Crow” Laws. Booker T. Washington W. E. B. DuBois

  9. Booker T. Washington • Famous educator (no formal education) • Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social segregation as a temporary situation

  10. W.E.B. DuBois • 1st African American to earn a Ph. D from Harvard • Rejected Booker T. Washington’s message • Believed in fullpolitical, civil, and social rights for African Americans • Founded NAACP William Edward Burghardt

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