The "Strong" government 1869-1877--The "weak" government 1877-1881 1881
Caption:
Two part cartoon showing: woman, "the Solid South", carrying Ulysses S. Grant in a carpet bag marked "carpet bag and bayonet rule"; Rutherford B. Hayes plowing under the carpet bag & bayonets with a plow marked "Let'em alone policy".
Credit:
Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive/UIG