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4. Reconstruction was ending either way

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 03:00 PM

Jun 10

Congress had been taken over by Democrats that were starving funding. Grant had already pulled troops out of all but three states (not only that, he'd made plans to remove them from the rest, but waited till he was gonna be out of the White House...sort of like Trump leaving the last removal of troops from Afghanistan for Biden) and it's not like Tilden was gonna keep it going had he won. It's unfair that the end of Reconstruction is blamed on Hayes.

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Anyone else pissed at the election of 1876? [View all] unblock Jun 10 OP

Would we have had the New Deal without the Southern, racist vote? Kaleva Jun 10 #1

Yes, we would have Pototan Jun 10 #13

The New Deal had to be passed by Congress Kaleva Jun 10 #15

They wouldn't have been there Pototan Jun 11 #16

Who would have been Republicans Kaleva Jun 11 #17

It was a stolen election for sure Polybius Jun 10 #2

really the "compromise" which followed the election ... eppur_se_muova Jun 10 #3

Reconstruction was ending either way ITAL Jun 10 #4

Finish the job! flamingdem Jun 10 #5

Sufficient unto today are the troubles thereof struggle4progress Jun 10 #6

I get it, but as long as people are gonna go back and blame nader and others in the past, unblock Jun 10 #7

Amen. nt Wednesdays Jun 10 #8

Stamping out thought... GiqueCee Jun 10 #9

Anyone else pissed at 1776? IronLionZion Jun 10 #10

They even managed to ban slavery before us, which is pretty embarrassing, really, unblock Jun 10 #11

1833 for UK IronLionZion Jun 10 #14

One of my great-grandfathers was born that year BumRushDaShow Jun 10 #12