American Transformation And Industrialisation: 1868-1890 - The Compromise (1877)

The video discusses the 1876 U.S. presidential election between Democrat Samuel Tilden and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. The election was marked by economic turmoil from the Panic of 1873, leading to a close and controversial result. Tilden won the popular vote, but Hayes secured the presidency through the electoral college by one vote. Disputes over election fairness in states like Florida and Louisiana led to the Compromise of 1877, which resolved the crisis by establishing an electoral commission and ending Reconstruction. This withdrawal of federal troops from the South led to the rise of Jim Crow laws, perpetuating racial segregation and discrimination.

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