<span>The end of Reconstruction was a staggered process, and the period of Republican control ended
at different times in different states. With the Compromise of 1877,
military intervention in Southern politics ceased and Republican control
collapsed in the last three state governments in the South.</span>
"A separate bill of rights was unnecessary because the new government would have limited power" is the best option, since they thought that this would be redundant in a Constitution already given to these ideals.
