"Resolved, That the President of the United States is hereby requested to inform the House... whether any military force has been or is now employed by the United States in any of the late insurrectionary States to sustain the existing State governments... the people of the country earnestly demand the immediate withdrawal of such forces." — Congressional debate over withdrawal of federal troops, 1877
Compared with Radical Reconstruction (1867-1877), the post-1877 era is best characterized by
- A
expansion of federal authority to combat racial violence
- B
renewed congressional efforts to redistribute Confederate land
- C
ratification of new constitutional amendments protecting voting rights
- Dcheck_circle
retreat from federal enforcement of black civil and political rights
Explanation
The post-1877 period saw the federal government abandon enforcement, allowing Jim Crow segregation and disfranchisement. Land redistribution did not resume; no new Reconstruction-era voting amendments were ratified; federal anti-violence efforts wound down.