Change in the South

Change in the South

• Many Northerners began to lose interest in Reconstruction– 1876 Southern Democrats regaining control– Southerners said “fate of Freed, left in south”– Protest to Bayonet Rule by army

Republican Revolt

• Corruption in Grant’s administration– Party Split– Reconciliation- Coming together again– Horace Greeley –Liberal Repulican- NY- Ran

against Grant 1872• Grant Won

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Amnesty Act 1872

• This act would Pardon most former confederates– Now Nearly all white southerners could vote

and hold office again.• Changed political balance in the south

– Voted for Democrats

• By 1876 3 states majority republican– FL, SC and LA

• Violence near election time

End of Reconstruction

• Rutherford B.Hayes Vs Samuel Tilden– Presidential Election 1876– Tilden Dem- NY Governor– Tilden Appeared to win 250,000 More votes

than Hayes.• Special Commission to review election Results

– Result hayes wins- 4 Months after election

– Compromise of 1877

Compromise of 1877• More aid to south and Take away troops

– Democrats promised to give African Americans rights.

– The federal government would no longer attempt to reshape southern society or help AA.

A new Ruling Party

• Redeemers- saved from republican Rule-

• Lower taxes, less public spending, less services.– Even eliminated some funding to education

• New South– Build on industries

• Coal Iron Tobacco Cotton Lumber – Largest Gains in Textile industry

– James Duke- Tobacco industry

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Growth/Economy

• Factories had abundant workers

• Railroad building boom

• Miles of RR double from 1880-90– Still primarily agricultural

• Overproduction Cotton prices fall

Divisions

• Poll taxes- fee charged before voting• Literacy test- Test before being able to vote• Grandfather Clause-if grandpa voted before

reconstruction they could vote– Kept AA from voting

• South was Segregated or Separated by races– Separate everything

• Challenged in Plessy V. Ferguson– Supreme Court upheld

Violence and Impact of Recon

• Lynching – mob violence and death by hanging.– Misbehavior, or suspected of crimes

• Success and Failure- Reconstruction– Recover from war far from over– New Agriculture still poor and rural– Greater equality no promise of freedom

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