1876 Dbq Research Paper

To begin with, 1876 was a very important year for America it was the 100th anniversary of the Declaration Of Independence celebrating the freedom from Britain. Also 1876 was the year that increased the number of Americans moving to the West. The 1876 election was immnesilt important as well, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and SAmuel J. Tilden were in a very close election. The irony that was present during the election was that the ‘76 election was to help blacks get their rights that they are entitled to but instead it resulted in the digression of black rights. The compromise of 1877 allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to win the election but that resulted in a deal being made which said that all Nothethern troops would be removed from the South. This deal completely demolished the reconstruction process because now the …show more content…
Individuals like radical republicans, carpetbaggers, and scalawags were all targeted by the KKK. Document A states, “ John W. Stephens, State Senator from Caswell, is dead. He was foully murdered by the Ku-Klux-Klan in the Grand Jury room of the Courthouse on Saturday...Another brave, honest Republican citizen met his fate in the hands of these fiends.” (Document A) This quotes shows a very clear example of how the KKK would not show mercy on their way to shut down all of the reconstruction process. Thes white supremacists were willingness to kill power-holding individuals to send a message that blacks should not be granted their rights. If there weren't clans like these then Reconstruction would still be underway. The South was responsible for this because they are trying to intimidate Radical Republicans and Carpetbaggers from helping black people with their rights which shows clear signs of