![]() | The 1870s | |
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1870 On March 30th, announcement that the 15th amendment had been ratified granting citizens the right to vote regardless of race. |
1871 |
1872 - Election Year U.Grant-R / H.Greeley-D Amnesty Act, restoring civil rights to citizens of the South, was enacted. Despite charges of widespread corruption in his administration, Grant won reelection, defeating Horace Greeley. Greeley died in a sanitarium one month later, before the electoral college had voted, dividing electoral votes among other Democratic candidates. |
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1874 | 1875 Signed Specie Resumption Act, a "hard money" measure designed to decrease the amount of paper currency in circulation. Civil Rights Act, giving equal rights to African Americans in public accommodations and jury duty, was passed. |
1876 Hayes nominated for president by Republican Party, making Grant a "lame duck." Col. George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry massacred at Little Big Horn, Montana. |
1877 ![]() Within two months of taking office, withdrew federal troops from the south -- ending the era of Reconstruction -- and appointed a former Confederate, David M. Key, to be postmaster general. Called out federal troops to quell violent, widespread railroad strikes. |
1878 Favoring a "hard-money" policy, Hayes vetoed the Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Bill. Congress overrode his veto. |
1879 |
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