The Election of 1876: How Close America Came to a Second Civil War | 4K Documentary

How close did America come to a second civil war? Most people believe the Civil War ended in 1865, and that was the end of it. Twelve years later the disputed presidential election of 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes vs Samuel Tilden, left two men claiming the presidency, two governments in two states, and a count that finished at 4:05 in the morning with less than 56 hours to spare. This documentary follows how the country got there, how the Compromise of 1877 avoided a war, and then, as a projection built only from real events and labelled on screen, who would have won the second civil war America almost fought. The Reconstruction era from 1865 to 1877: the White League and the Battle of Liberty Place, the Hamburg massacre, Ulysses S. Grant's last winter in office, the Electoral Commission, the Compromise of 1877 explained, why Reconstruction ended, and the big question: what if Samuel Tilden won? Built from period photographs, engravings and documents, moving maps, and later film labelled with when it was filmed, all from public archives. The 3D scenes show empty rooms and places only. No AI-generated images. The myths it settles: • "The Civil War ended in 1865, and that was the end of it." The fighting ended. The question it was fought over, who would rule the South, stayed open until soldiers marched out of two statehouses in April 1877. • "A second civil war would have been North against South." It would have been party against party: 21 Democratic governors, 15 Republican, and New York's National Guard on Tilden's side of the map. • "The presidency was traded at Wormley's Hotel." What survives is a letter of assurances, written after the commission had already given Hayes three of the states. • "Hayes pulled the Army out of the South." The soldiers went back to their barracks in the same states. What he withdrew was the promise that the Army would come. 🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE, HYPE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE for more epic ominous content! ► Watch Some Of Our Other Interesting 4K Documentaries: Every WW2 Mystery Explained: https://youtu.be/tWIUlT8opi8 Secret Societies of The Confederacy - https://youtu.be/DvoTvrPjCeo Secret Societies of Imperial Japan - https://youtu.be/AsT0WWH590Q Secret Societies of Nazi Germany - https://youtu.be/B9SKAcJXuvM The Entire History of The Civil War - https://youtu.be/yqoacET7OMc The Entire War of 1812 - https://youtu.be/Ne2ajvT296M The American Revolution - https://youtu.be/y4-BNhK5DY0 Mystery of The Lost 9th Legion Solved - https://youtu.be/nh72Y4qVZnc Why Did Rome Destroy Jerusalem - https://youtu.be/i4L0iDqeHbI Did Rome And China Know Each Other - https://youtu.be/mAf7iiDw6hU Why Didn't Rome Industrialize - https://youtu.be/B2b1k7hCINM Why Did Rome Fall? - https://youtu.be/6kNwdhsE_dM Nostradamus Predictions Decoded - https://youtu.be/lKMIW4Ei3N8 The History of Secret Societies - https://youtu.be/IMq_hDHEF3o The History of Technology - https://youtu.be/B-KGFGxkIyA CHAPTERS 0:00 Did America Almost Fight a Second Civil War in 1877? 1:31 The Grand Review of the Union Armies, 1865 3:51 The New Orleans Massacre of 1866 4:39 The Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 6:58 The White League Takes New Orleans, 1874 7:53 The Colfax Massacre, 1873 10:01 The Battle of Liberty Place, 1874 12:17 Federal Troops in the Louisiana Legislature, 1875 15:08 The Mississippi Plan of 1875 16:49 The Centennial Exposition of 1876 17:47 The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Army of 1876 18:40 The Hamburg Massacre, 1876 20:11 South Carolina's Rifle Clubs, 1876 21:40 Hayes vs Tilden: The 1876 Campaign 26:02 Election Night 1876 27:36 Daniel Sickles: "Hold Your State" 30:54 The Disputed Election of 1876: Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina 31:44 The Louisiana Returning Board 34:26 The Oregon Elector Dispute 35:43 South Carolina's Two Governments, 1876 40:11 Who Counts the Electoral Votes? The 12th Amendment Explained 43:12 Samuel Tilden's Strategy 44:09 "Tilden or Blood": Were Democrats Ready to Fight? 48:59 General Hancock: Which President Would the Army Obey? 52:20 Louisiana's Two Governors: Packard vs Nicholls 53:55 The Electoral Commission of 1877 56:24 David Davis and the 8 to 7 Votes 59:13 The Compromise of 1877 at Wormley's Hotel 1:03:42 The Final Count: Hayes Wins 185 to 184 1:08:42 Why Hayes Was Sworn In Secretly 1:11:01 The Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877 1:11:38 What If the Count Had Failed? 1:12:04 What If Samuel Tilden Won? Two Presidents (Projection) 1:16:15 Which States Would Side With Tilden? (Projection) 1:20:15 Who Could Pay the Army? (Projection) 1:24:02 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 1:28:29 Why the South Would Not Have Fought (Projection) 1:32:16 June 30, 1877: When the Money Runs Out (Projection) 1:35:25 Who Would Have Won America's Second Civil War? 1:39:53 The End of Reconstruction, April 1877 1:42:54 The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 1:43:59 The Electoral Count Act of 1887 1:44:15 Why There Was No Second Civil War #civilwar #history #documentary