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Compromise of 1877 Review

Answer the following questions.

  1. The importance of the Compromise of 1877 was that _______blank
    1. it removed the president from office
    2. it weakened the Civil Rights Amendments
    3. it ended Reconstruction
    4. it funded the underground railway at the capitol

    Answer: c. it ended Reconstruction.

  2. The Depression of 1873 resulted in Democrats winning the House of Representatives.
    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: a. True

  3. Republicans gained control of the South.
    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: b. False

  4. The US Supreme Court weakened the Civil War Amendments by ruling they only protected citizens on the federal level.
    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: a. True

  5. The Compromise of 1877 was a law.
    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: b. False

  6. Samuel Tilden led Rutherford B. Hayes in electoral votes and popular votes in the 1876 Presidential Election.
    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: a. True

  7. Election results from Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana were disputed.
    1. True
    2. False

    Answer: a. True

  8. As a result of the Compromise of 1877, _______blank
    1. Hayes became President
    2. Federal troops were withdrawn from the South
    3. federal aid was provided for a transcontinental southern railroad
    4. all of the above

    Answer: d. all of the above

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