In Order to Convince Southern Democrats to Accept the Election

question 50

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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