The Compromise of 1877 called for the removal of all Federal troops from former Confederate states. The troops had been put there to protect the rights of newly freed black slaves. It called for at least one southern Democrat to be appointed to Hayes' cabinet. It called for another Transcontinental Railroad that would use Texas and Pacific in the south. It also called for measures to financially restore the south incurred after they lost the civil war.
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In the end, the Southern Democrats decided to give the disputed electoral votes to Hayes under the certain conditions, which collectively became known as the Compromise of 1877. According to the compromise, Hayes would be the new President, provided the (1) all federal troops be removed from the Southern states, (2) Hayes appointed at least one Southerner to his Cabinet, and (3) federal money be given for economic development in the South. the Compromise of 1877 ended the Reconstruction in the South.
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the year was 1877
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what were 3 key provisions of the great compromise.
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 over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden on the understanding that Hayes would remove the federal troops that were propping up Republican state governments in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana.
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