A political deal was made during the national election of 1876,congressional reconstruction came to an end; this was called thegreat compromise of 1877, Hayes vs Tilden. The democrats agreed toallow Rutherford B Hayes to be president if the republicans wouldend reconstruction.Most Southerns had far more money then there Northerncounterparts. Ten of the twelve richest men in the country lived inMississippi after the war. Money breeds power, or at least buysit.Slavery also help reestablish part of the power of the South.The Civil War did not end slavery in the United States. It onlyended it in areas not controlled by the North. Slavery ended inDecember of 1865 with the 13th amendment. The emancipationproclamation was a great political triumph by changing people viewson the civil war to belie