Failure of Reconstruction

Why was the compromise of 1877 important?

• The compromise of 1877 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1876 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

• The compromise of 1877 was important because it calmed the dispute of the 1896 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

• The compromise of 1987 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1986 election and it pulled troops out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

• The compromise of 1890 was important because it settle the dispute of the 1987 election and it pulled the people out of the south during the end of the reconstruction era.

Which of the following is not a scandal that happened while Grant was President?

• Black Friday Scandal
• Whiskey Ring
• Credit Mobilier Scandal
• Teapot Dome Scandal

The scandal, during Grant's presidency, involved bribes from the railroad companies

• Whiskey Ring
• Credit Mobilier
• Haymarket
• Pullman Palace

This scandal, during Grant's presidency, involved bribing government officials to avoid paying taxes.

• Credit Mobilier
• Whiskey Ring
• Homestead Scandal
• Haymarket Scandal

The scandal involving the Union Pacific Railroad & the bribing of Congressmen was called

• Belknap Scandal
• Whiskey Ring
• Credit Mobilier
• Tammany Hall

The scandal involving millions of dollars of government tax money & bribing of government officials was called 

• Belknap Scandal
• Whiskey Ring
• Credit Mobilier
• Fisk & Gould Gold Scandal

Which of the following was most important in enabling the Democratic Party to regain political power in the South?

• Limiting education for the freedmen

• Limiting the voting rights of the freedmen

• The Panic of 1873

• The Amnesty Act of 1872

Democrats agreed to accept Rutherford B. Hayes as president in 1876 in part if he agreed to which of the following?

• to support a nationwide Black Code

• to remove federal troops from the South

• to promote Southern industrial development

• to support civil service reform

The victor in the 1876 presidential election was decided by

• a special electoral commission

• the House of Representatives

• the Senate

• the Supreme Court

True or False, an economic depression called the Panic of 1873 was a key factor that led to the end to Reconstruction.

• True

• False