The "end" of reconstruction: disputed election of 1876, and the "compromise of 1877" [The civil war and reconstruction era, 1845-1877]

Educação Superior::Ciências Humanas::HistóriaPresents part of course, the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877, when Professor Blight presents the role of white southern terrorist violence about the end of Reconstruction. Centralizes debate in the Colfax Massacre. Shows a narrow reading of the 14th Amendment in the Slaughterhouse case