The Presidential Election of 1876

Introduction

The Presidential Election of 1876 is one of the most important elections in American History. It saw the Republican party candidate Rutherford B. Hayes tie the Democratic party candidate Samuel Tilden. Through the infamous Compromise of 1877, Hayes became the 19th President of the United States of America. Today, you will explore what made this election so significant, why it is so infamous, and what impact it had on America, particularly the former Confederate States.

Gwen Edwards - November 1876, the Hayes-Tilden Compromise that changed the course of African-American history, The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential

Task

Your task is to explore different websites that contain information about the Presidential Election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877. You will only use the links provided in the process section, so there will be NO surfing of the Internet. Your ultimate goal is to create a PowerPoint where you go through the timeline of events through the election and compromise, and you must include the effects that those events had on America.

The compromise of 1877

Process