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Identify the events and groups that contributed to the end of Congressional Reconstruction. square Fifteenth Amendment Compromise of 1877 Panic of 1873 Fourteenth Amendment 4 Ku Klux Klan redeemers Incorrect Answer(s)
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The events and groups that contributed to the end of Congressional Reconstruction are:* **Compromise of 1877:** This effectively ended Reconstruction by pulling federal troops out of the South. The deal ensured the presidency for Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for ending federal intervention in Southern affairs.* **Panic of 1873:** This severe economic depression drew national attention away from Reconstruction and towards economic recovery. It weakened the Republican Party's ability to focus on and fund Reconstruction efforts.* **Ku Klux Klan:** This white supremacist terrorist group used violence and intimidation to suppress Black voting and undermine Republican governments in the South. Their actions destabilized the reconstructed state governments and discouraged federal enforcement of Reconstruction policies.* **Redeemers:** This term refers to the Southern Democrats who regained control of state governments in the South. They actively worked to dismantle Reconstruction policies and restore white supremacy.The **Fifteenth Amendment** and **Fourteenth Amendment** were actually *part* of Reconstruction, granting citizenship and voting rights to Black men. While they faced significant resistance and were undermined by groups like the KKK and the Redeemers, they were not causes of Reconstruction's end. They were intended to *support* it.