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title: "What was the controversy in the 1876 election? How did this election end Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War?"  
description: "What was the controversy in the 1876 election? How did this election end Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War?"  
author: "Ward ryan"  
published: 2018-05-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43391/what-was-the-controversy-in-the-1876-election-how-did-this-election-end-reconstruction-in-the-south-after-the-civil-war  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the controversy in the 1876 election? How did this election end Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War? 

What was the [controversy](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2118/paypal-claims-it-never-intended-to-fine-for-misinformation) in the 1876 [election](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1823/kenya-had-ordered-facebook-to-tackle-its-hate-speech)? How did this election end [Reconstruction](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/327784/afghanistan-the-rising-threat-for-india) in the South after the [Civil War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51320/what-problems-did-the-south-have-after-the-civil-war)?


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