History of the United States I / Unit 17 USH1 2435 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why the Course Stops in 1877
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The idea
The exam's range ends in eighteen seventy-seven because that is when the last federal troops left the South and Reconstruction ended.
In practice
The Solid South forming behind the Democratic Party immediately afterwards.
Where people slip
The stopping point is a political fact rather than a round number. What follows is a different course, and the rights at issue were not secured within this one.
Your place on the trail
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