HY 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Slaughter-House Cases
29 May 2018
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The End of Reconstruction: 1873–1877
EVENTS
1873 - Depression of 1873 hits Supreme Court hears Slaughterhouse Cases
1874 - Democrats become majority party in House of Representatives
1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875 passed
1876 - Samuel J. Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes both claim victory in
presidential election
1877 - Congress passes Electoral Count Act Hayes becomes president Hayes
removes remaining troops from the South to end Reconstruction
KEY PEOPLE
Rutherford B. Hayes - Ohio governor chosen to run against Democrat
Samuel J. Tilden in the presidential election of 1876; received fewer popular
and electoral votes than Tilden but became president after Compromise
of 1877
Samuel J. Tilden - Famous New York prosecutor; ran for president on
Democratic ticket against Rutherford B. Hayes in election of 1876; fell one
electoral vote shy of becoming president
Waning Interest in Reconstruction
As the Depression of 1873 wore on into the mid-1870s, northern voters
became decreasingly interested in southern Reconstruction. With
unemployment high and hard currency scarce, northerners were more
concerned with their own financial well-being than in securing rights for
freedmen, punishing the Ku Klux Klan, or readmitting secessionist states.
After Democrats capitalized on these depression conditions and took control
of the House of Representatives in 1874, Reconstruction efforts stalled.
The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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Document Summary
1873 - depression of 1873 hits supreme court hears slaughterhouse cases. 1874 - democrats become majority party in house of representatives. 1875 - civil rights act of 1875 passed. 1876 - samuel j. tilden and rutherford b. hayes both claim victory in presidential election. 1877 - congress passes electoral count act hayes becomes president hayes removes remaining troops from the south to end reconstruction. Rutherford b. hayes - ohio governor chosen to run against democrat. Samuel j. tilden in the presidential election of 1876; received fewer popular and electoral votes than tilden but became president after compromise of 1877. Samuel j. tilden - famous new york prosecutor; ran for president on. Democratic ticket against rutherford b. hayes in election of 1876; fell one electoral vote shy of becoming president. As the depression of 1873 wore on into the mid-1870s, northern voters became decreasingly interested in southern reconstruction.
