Question

The control of the Democratic Party marked the end of Reconstruction and affect African Americans by what?

Answer 1

The Democratic Party asserted dominance in the South after the Compromise of 1877 which effectively ended the Reconstruction and the Republican rule in the South. The promises the Democrats made, to protect and respect the rights of the African American people were not kept and through a series of Jim Crow laws they tried to maintain the control over the black population.