USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The legislation passed by Congress that allows Republican Rutherford Hayes to become president, requested that all federal troops must withdraw from the south, and ended the period of reconstruction was ____
A
Missouri Compromise
B
Compromise of 1850
C
Compromise of 1877
D
Kansas-Nebraska
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Compromise of 1877, also known as the Wormley Agreement or the Bargain of 1877, was an unwritten deal, informally arranged among members of the United States Congress, to settle the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden .

Detailed explanation-2: -The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election; through it Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House on the understanding that he would remove the federal troops from South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana.

Detailed explanation-3: -Elected by a heavy majority, Hayes entered Congress in December 1865, troubled by the “Rebel influences … ruling the White House.” Between 1867 and 1876 he served three terms as Governor of Ohio. Safe liberalism, party loyalty, and a good war record made Hayes an acceptable Republican candidate in 1876.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The Republicans gained the presidency from the Compromise of 1877. In exchange for ending Reconstruction in the south, the Democrats agreed to let Hayes win the election and become the next president.

Detailed explanation-5: -How did the Compromise of 1877 mark the beginning of the end of Reconstruction? It removed federal troops from the South.

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