Now that you've learned a little more about the end of Reconstruction, you will break down the causes into E-S-P categories. The reasons for the end of Reconstruction that you read about in the previous section will re-appear one at a time. As they appear, click on the appropriate header in the chart below to classify it.

→Analyze The Election of 1876 and the following compromise was the most direct cause of the end of Reconstruction. Why is it important to understand the other reasons? Answer in your notes. Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. Click for a possible answer.The other reasons show how the Election of 1876 came to be such a direct turning point for the end of Reconstruction. It did not just occur out of thin air. They provide a much fuller picture of what was occurring in the country in 1876. The other reasons also show that even if Rutherford B. Hayes had received a greater share of the popular vote and won the election outright, Reconstruction was probably in danger of stopping anyway. Since Northern voters were growing tired of the project and white Southerners were regaining their strength, the policy probably could not have been sustained for that much longer. There just would have been some other direct cause for its end.