2007-11-02 09:09:04 · 9 answers · asked by Y 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Why does it matter. They have to win the nomination, and have failed to do so.
2007-11-02 09:17:59 · answer #1 · answered by mbush40 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a close election and the Democrats were allowed to re-enslave the blacks to share cropping fooled them to think Republicans were their enemies even after freeing them.
D. How did the election of 1876 affect reconstruction?
1. In the election of 1876 Democrats realized they had an opportunity to regain political power and prestige, in fact many thought they had a good chance of winning the presidency with the right candidate. The Republicans ran Rutherford B. Hayes and the Democrats ran a New Yorker, Sam Tilden.
2. Tilden carried the popular vote by 250,000 votes. He also had a lead in the electoral vote 184 to 165. He needed 185 to win and 20 votes were in dispute. Tilden only needed one of the twenty votes to win. If Hayes received all twenty he would win
3. The fate of those 20 votes and the election were placed in the hands of a committee of 8 Republicans and 7 Democrats who ended up cutting a deal that gave Hayes the votes and the Presidency. Had the election been honest Tilden would have won.
a. The deal was that military forces had to leave those states thus ending reconstruction.
b. The federal government had to build a railroad from Texas to California , building money, waterway improvements and a conservative in the Cabinet were also part of the deal.
2007-11-02 09:20:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because elections are majority rule, no state in the South is majority Black, and most Southern whites will not vote for a Black candidate.
Contary to an earlier answer, there HAVE been Black nominees in the South. Harvey Gantt ran against Jesse Helms in North Carolina and the polls said he would win. But Helms won. White voters TOLD pollsters they'd vote for Gantt (
I'm no racist") but in the privacy of the voting booth, they voted for the racist clod.
2007-11-02 09:23:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ummmmm... how many have there been from the north? 1? 2?
Scourge - I believe Mississippi is majority black, is it not? I guess you count Blanche Bruce and Hiram Revels as pre-reconstruction?
2007-11-02 09:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by Fred S - AM Cappo Di Tutti Capi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Senators Blanche Bruce and Hiram Revels would disagree with you. Both were from Mississippi.
2007-11-02 09:26:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to your question is quite obvious, but you will not get an honest response here.
Southerners are good people, but certain traditions and beliefs are still alive down there.
2007-11-02 09:24:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they have been too liberal?
http://myamericantoday.blogspot.com/
2007-11-02 09:11:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ahhhhhh maybe qualification?
2007-11-02 09:29:30 · answer #8 · answered by Ditka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duh. Prejudice and racism.
2007-11-02 09:25:48 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋