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1. Compromise of 1877

1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.1878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.1877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.1876

2. 15th amendment

1878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.18761877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.

3. Bland Allison Act

18761870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.1877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.1878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.

4. Custer's Last Stand

1877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.18761878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

5. Force Acts

1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.1871, the government banned the use of terror, force or bribery to prevent someone from voting because of their race. Other laws banned the KKK entirely and brought forth military help to enforce these laws.1878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.1877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.

6. Whiskey Ring

1878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.1877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.1875, During the Grant administration, a group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to avoid paying the taxes on it, cheating the treasury out of millions of dollars.

7. Alexander Bell invents telephone

1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.1878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.18761877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.

8. Credit Mobilier

9. End military reconstruction

1878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.1877, came with compromise of 18771877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.

10. Hayes-Tilden Election

1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.1877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.1876, Republicans stop reconstruction to support Hayes, hoping to get him into presidency when he ties with democrat Tilden.1878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.

11. Panic of 1873

1877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.1873 go figure., Four year economic depression caused by overspeculation on railroads and western lands, and worsened by Grant's poor fiscal response (refusing to coin silver)1878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

12. Grant Reelected

1877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.18721878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.

13. Resumption Act

1870, One of the 'Reconstruction Amendments'. Provided that no government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.1875, required the gov't to withdraw greenbacks from circulation, and to redeem the paper money with its equivalent in gold at face value1878, Authorized coinage of a limited number of silver dollars and 'silver certificate' paper money. First of several government subsidies to silver producers in depression periods. Required government to buy between $2 and $4 million worth of silver. Created a partial dual coinage system referred to as 'limping bimetallism.' Repealed in 1900.1877, another tough date. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. Unwritten deal that settled the 1876 presidential election contest between Rutherford Hayes (Rep) and Samuel Tilden (Dem.) Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for the permanent removal of federal troops from the South.

14. Pearl Harbor

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