RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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The “Compromise of 1877” did which of the following:
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secured political rights for the freedmen.
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ended federal military support of Republican administrations in the South.
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provided for a new method of counting the presidential electoral vote.
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restored the Southern states to the Union.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Compromise of 1877 made Hayes president in return for a Republican pledge to remove federal troops from Louisiana and South Carolina, an action that would bring to a close the last vestige of military occupation of the South.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Compromise of 1877 gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for the end of Reconstruction in the South.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Compromise of 1876 effectively ended the Reconstruction era. Southern Democrats’ promises to protect the civil and political rights of Black people were not kept, and the end of federal interference in southern affairs led to widespread disenfranchisement of Black voters.
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