![]() ![]() ![]() Hayes followed through only a few months into his presidency, and as a result, the remaining southern state Republican governments collapsed, southern Democrats regained control of southern politics and forced out African Americans and carpetbaggers, new state constitutions were written and laws passed and the gains made for African American civil and political rights were crushed. Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) commanded the victorious Union army during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and served as the 18th U.S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman took command, that the Union began to achieve more decisive victories on the battlefield. In exchange for conceding the presidency to Hayes, he would withdraw the remaining federal troops from the South whose support were essential for the survival of Republican state governments in Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina. Hayes placated Democratic leaders in Congress by agreeing to create what would become known as the Compromise of 1877. He also ordered the Justice Department to increase their efforts to identify, arrest and prosecute members of violent white mobs, including the Ku Klux Klan. Grant used the powers of the 18 Enforcement Acts to send federal troops into the South to protect the civil and voting rights of African Americans when he became president. The cartoon shows the dichotomy of the two presidencies. Republican Civil War hero Ulysses S. A white man, presumably a land owner, is drawn giving orders to an African-American, presumably a sharecropper or tenant farmer. Hayes, the "Carpet Bag and Bayonet Rule" is being plowed under by the president's "Let’em Alone Policy." Under this "Weak" government, the New South is depicted and factories and fields thrive in the background. ![]() On the other hand, under the Presidency of Rutherford B. In the background, the illustration shows a destroyed and occupied South. The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought on April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, and led to Confederate General Robert E. Grant, who is seen riding among bayonets with an escort of two federal soldiers. In this two-part cartoon from 1880, "The Solid South" is seen struggling under the "Carpet Bag and Bayonet Rule" of the "Strong" United States government, led by President Ulysses S. National Register of Historic Places & Landmarks Grants popularity slipped as his presidency progressed and scandals damaged his reputation.Iowa Cultural & Entertainment DistrictsĪ A State Historical Society of Iowa - Secondary Navigation. ![]()
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