Failure of Reconstruction

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

The Compromise of 1877 directly led to

A
$Ratification of the 14th Amendment$
B
$Election of Andrew Johnson as Vice President$
C
$Withdrawal of federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction$
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D
$Beginning of the Freedmen's Bureau$

Explanation

To resolve the disputed 1876 election, Republicans gave Hayes the presidency in exchange for ending federal occupation. Southern states then disenfranchised Black voters and built Jim Crow.

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