After the Civil War, “Lives of black slaves had improved greatly and there was hope for emancipation of slaves in those states. However, The Compromise of 1877 took away all hope for slaves.” (Source 8) This “compromise” made slaves’ lives even more difficult than it was before.
Keeping this in view, what did the Compromise of 1877 accomplish?
The Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten deal, informally arranged among United States Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the Southern United States, and ending the Reconstruction Era.
1. Republicans agreed to Democrats controlling the South and Removal of all federal troops from southern states. 2. Democrats agreed to to the Republican candidate Rutherford Hayes to be the winner and become the president .
Likewise, people ask, why was the Compromise of 1877 called The Great Betrayal?
To the four million former slaves in the South, the Compromise of 1877 was the “Great Betrayal.” Republican efforts to assure civil rights for the blacks were totally abandoned. The white population of the country was anxious to get on with making money.