Reconstruction White Terror the Comprimize of 1877

The reconstruction era was an effort of the republican party to make former slaves freedmen. Part of this effort was put into place when the states were divided into different military rule so that former slaves could vote and abide by the same laws of white men. The people in the south did not like this. Certain white terrorist groups such as the ku klux klan arose spreading fear and there own since of judgment on there victims. The klan tried and succeeded in striking fear in the blacks supporting the republican party.

During the election of 1876 the republicans were on the brink of loosing the presidential seat due to the very close numbers on the electoral college. Certain number of republicans and democrats met to decide the fait of the presidency. The "compromise of 1877" was just that, a compromise. The republicans agreed to remove the presence of the military out of the south in order to keep the seat. This in turn brought an official end to the reconstruction period. The south continued there black codes and segregation until the civil rights movement in the 50's. Many say the reconstruction period was of no effect other than making former slaves "freedmen" because things in 1877 were pretty much the same as at the end of the war. I think this is largely due to the judicial system being run inappropriately in the southern states and white terror. This was a time were crooked politics really was at one of its worst times in America.