KIN 3515 Chapter : UNIT 4
15 Mar 2019
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Reconstruction, iii: ulysses s. grant"s second term, 1872-1876. Democrats will gain control of the house of representatives. Republicans will manage to pass this act. They would have the same legal rights as whites. Be able to sue violators in federal courts. The act was highly ineffective due to democrats making the act unenforceable. Required blacks to file their own claims for their rights. Goal of the democrats to bring the south back to democratic control. Often violence, intimidation, and murder was a method. By 1876, only 3 states have republican gov"ts (lousiana, florida, and south. Democrats will pour a lot of energy into 1876 election. Republicans and democrats agreed hayes would become president with the condition of withdrawal of federal soldiers in the south. Democrats will be able to regain the south. After hayes takes office, he orders the troops out of the south. Democrats are now able to establish democratic gov"t in the south.
