The Compromise of 1877 contributed to the end of Reconstruction by effectively ending federal intervention in the South. As part of the compromise, the Republican Party agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, which had been protecting the civil rights of African Americans and enforcing Reconstruction policies. With the removal of federal troops, Southern states were free to implement discriminatory laws and practices, such as the Jim Crow laws, that disenfranchised African Americans and effectively ended Reconstruction efforts to ensure equality and civil rights for all citizens. This led to the gradual erosion of the gains made during Reconstruction and the entrenchment of segregation and discrimination in the South.
