PPT Reconstruction Quiz

What was the controversial about the election of 1876?

• Rutherford B. Hayes was criticized due to scandals

• Republicans were looking to make a deal to end Reconstruction

• Democrats were looking to make a deal to end Reconstruction

• Samuel Tilden was criticized due to scandals

Who won the election of 1876?

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Samuel Tilden

• Ulysses Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following was NOT a compromise during the election of 1876?

• End Reconstruction

• Federal money is spent on railroads, roads, and bridges in the South

• Federal troops are taken out of the South

• The president must appoint a republican in his cabinet

What political party denominated the South?

• Republicans

• Whigs

• Democrats

• Free-Soil

Southern states were happy after the election of 1876 because __________________ were not allowed to intervene with state rights.

• The President

• Federal Government

• The National Guard

• The Army