Reasons For The Great Compromise Of 1877

During 1877 the unclosed arrangement to describe the future plan of the south and the reconstruction of the land was decided in a meeting between the new president Rutherford B Hayes. They decided that south would let him be president after the election of 1876, where Hayes would withdraw federal troops out of the border of the south and which would end the Reconstruction Era of the south. This compromise would lead to abandonment of supporting blacks for their civil rights where the Northerners fought for during the American Civil War. Years after the Civil War ended the most controversial election in American history happened. Where it was between Republican Rutherford B Hayes and Democrat Samuel J Tilden where Rutherford B Hayes would win

The Great Compromise of 1877 would solve the problem of the land in the South and the government that controlled it, but it would betray the African-Americans and would lead to the future development of the Jim Crow South, Future terrorizing of African-Americans, and for the government no longer supporting their freedom and their rights. The Great Compromise would lead to the Jim Crow South which was an idea made by a group of people, but made into reality where they would push for it to be implemented into the government. Where the African-Americans would experience segregation and the slogan that would help support this segregation was “separate but equal” where African-Americans were not treated equal. They would have worse bathrooms, schools, water fountains, parks , chairs and such because of this segregation. They would not be treated equal by some Americans putting signs like “No Blacks

The government, which was controlled by former confederates, would ban African Americans from going to the office because they hated them. They would put racial, bias laws that would try to stop African-Americans from being free and being a citizen. They would also threaten them with their lives if they voted for opposing laws that aided them. Also the black majority would be out of jobs, especially the ones in the government and in “1901, last black representative lost his seat in congress”(PBS, Public Broadcasting Service). They would run out the power of African-Americans and they would finally have no say in what laws were passed or the injustices they were being faced. They would just accept the new racist laws that were passed because of former confederates running the office once again due to the Compromise of 1877. Due to the compromise it would take African-Americans 30 years to finally have a seat back in the office where they could have a say in what laws were being passed and such. It would take them that long because of what the white people would do to them, mostly killing or hanging the smartest if African-Americans so that they wouldn’t have a chance to run against them. The white people would keep the African-Americans in check and would oppress them for year and years to come until the civil rights