"Resolved, That the President of the United States is hereby requested to inform the House... whether any military force has been or is now employed by the United States in any of the late insurrectionary States to sustain the existing State governments... the people of the country earnestly demand the immediate withdrawal of such forces." — Congressional debate over withdrawal of federal troops, 1877
The withdrawal demanded in this resolution was secured through which political bargain?
- A
The Crittenden Compromise of 1860
- B
The Wade-Davis Bill of 1864
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The Compromise of 1877 settling the Hayes-Tilden election
- D
The Force Acts of 1870-1871
Explanation
The disputed 1876 election was resolved by awarding Hayes the presidency in exchange for withdrawing federal troops from the last Reconstruction states. Crittenden was a pre-war proposal; Wade-Davis concerned wartime Reconstruction; the Force Acts targeted the Klan.