Oklahoma Social Studies 8.C.13.4.C
The Standard
- 8.C.13
- Analyze the political, social, and economic transformations during the Reconstruction Era.
- 8.C.13.4
- Assess the lasting impact of factors leading to the end of Reconstruction.
Explain the effects of the presidential election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877 on Reconstruction.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 8.C.13.4
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain why Hayes became president after a disputed election, even though Tilden won more popular votes. They connect the political deal to the withdrawal of troops protecting Southern Republican governments and the loss of federal protection for Black voters.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can put the disputed vote count, Hayes's victory, and troop withdrawal in order. They can explain how Southern Democrats gained control with less federal resistance to voter intimidation.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Tilden became president because he won the popular vote. They may also think troop withdrawal repealed the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, rather than weakening their enforcement.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Tilden won more popular votes, but Hayes became president. What deal followed the disputed result, and how did it affect federal protection of Black voters in the South?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs an 1876 tally and disputed vote cards; count Hayes's win, then remove troop tokens from South Carolina and Louisiana on a map.
Ask students to write: Why would removing troops from Southern statehouses change what happened to Black voters?
Race to sequence four cards: disputed votes, electoral commission decision, troop withdrawal, and weaker federal protection for Black voters.
Open your state's election certification page; compare its process with an 1876 election timeline and name the federal policy that changed.
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Related Standards
- USH.C.1.1
Explain the constitutional issues that arise in the post-Civil War era.
- 8.C.12.1
Analyze major issues of the presidential election of 1860 and its immediate consequences.
- 8.C.13.4
Assess the lasting impact of factors leading to the end of Reconstruction.
- OKH.C.3.1.B
Explain conditions of the Reconstruction Treaties of 1866 (e.g., land cessions, the abolition of slavery, and the required Tribal enrollment of the Freedman).
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