In Order to Convince Southern Democrats to Accept the Election

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Multiple Choice

In order to convince southern Democrats to accept the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president, what did Republican backers of Hayes promise?

• A) to remove the remaining federal troops from the South.
• B) to allow Democrats to take over the last of the Republican Reconstruction governments.
• C) that the federal government help pay off the Confederate war debt.
• D) to award half of all federal patronage to southern Democrats.
• E) to provide federal aid for building factories and urban recreation areas throughout the South.

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