After about ten years of Radical Reconstruction the country began looking at permanently ending military rule in the South. It was very expensive, made Southerners angry, and was making little progress in changing attitudes and the Southern way of life.
It was a Presidential Election (1876) that really led to the end of Reconstruction. After a highly contested election, a deal was made so that the Republican candidate would win, but only after he promised to remove all federal troops from the Southrn States.This will lead to a system of "Segregation" and Jim Crow Laws that will last for the next 80 years.
Video Clip: The Election of Rutherford B. Hayes
