Failure of Reconstruction

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

The Compromise of 1877

  • A

    Was a sectional agreement over slavery's expansion into the western territories

  • B

    Strengthened Reconstruction by extending military rule and Black suffrage protections

  • C

    Ended the disputed 1876 election with Hayes becoming president in exchange for ending federal Reconstruction in the South

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  • D

    Was a foreign treaty resolving postwar disputes with Britain and France

Explanation

Effectively ended Reconstruction; Southern states began enacting Jim Crow laws.

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