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What resulted from the compromise of 1877?

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Compromise of 1877How

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The compromise of 1877 stated that Southern Democrats would recognize Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner of the 1877 presidential election, if Rutherford B. Hayes meet the following demands:

1) The removal of all federal troops from former Confederate States

2) Appointment of at least one Southern Dem to the Cabinet

3) Legislation that would industrialize the south, including a trans Continental rail road connecting Texas and California

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The Compromise of 1877 resulted in the end of Reconstruction and the end of the political power of the so-called Redeemers. The politics of the South became dominated by conservative elements of the Democratic party.
The Presidential Election of 1876 featured Republican Rutherford B Hayes and Democrat Samuel J Tilden facing off in a bitter struggle that basically ended in a tie. Tilden claimed 51% of the popular vote, but the vote in the Electoral College was impossible to decide.

These were the years following the Civil War, and tensions were still very high. In Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina, the state legislatures (who are responsible for sending the Electors to Washington to elect the President - hence "Electoral College") could not agree on who won in their states, and so they sent two sets of Electors each, one for the Republican Hayes and another for the Democrat Tilden. Oregon also had one Elector unaccounted for. The Constitution foresaw many things, but a complete debacle over who voted for whom is not one of them.

Congress was left with an impossible task - it was clear that no one would ever know who really "won" the Election of 1876, but someone had to be President. And so a deal was struck. Tilden would concede the race to Hayes, who would become President. In exchange, Hayes would withdraw federal troops from the former Confederate States, ending Reconstruction.

On March 4, 1877, Rutherford B Hayes became the 19th President of the United States. His first major act in office was to order the withdrawal of troops from Texas, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Florida. On March 31, 1877, the last federal troops left the South, and Reconstruction ended.

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the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and the withdrawal of the remaining federal troops from the South.

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The Compromise of 1877 gave the White House to Rutherford B.Hayes over popular vote winner Samuel J. Tilden in exchange for the end of Reconstruction in the South.

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One consequence of the Compromise of 1877 was bringing an end to the reconstruction that occurred after the Civil War. Another consequence was that Rutherford B Hayes became president.

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Answer: It marked the end of Republican Southern governments and the Reconstruction era. Denise

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I think it would have brought about the end of "Reconstruction" in the South.

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