the end results of the new elected president. The Presidential election of 1876 was close between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. Hayes electoral vote was 185 and Tilden’s electoral vote was 184. But Tilden had won the popular vote 4‚288‚546 to Hayes popular vote 4‚034‚311. Even though Tilden had won with the popular vote‚ Hayes was still elected as the new president of 1876. Unlike any other election‚ the two parties had decided to elect him by making a deal called the Compromise of 1877
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The Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten agreement between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S Congress to settle a dispute in the presidential election of 1876 between Democrat Samuel Tilden and Republican Rutherford B Hayes. A bipartisan commission formed to decide the dispute. They handed all the disputed votes to Hayes to make him the winner. It was decision that the Democrats were not happy with so Congress settle the dispute. They said Hayes could become President if some key concessions were
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CElaine Church History 151 Midterm #1 The Compromise of 1877 The Compromise of 1877 marked the dawn of a new era in American History. Most events after the compromise‚ decades down the road‚ are direct results of the compromise. Specifically blacks were most affected by this. Rights they were promised when they fought with the north in the civil war were gone. The rights were not taken away per say‚ but simply not enforced. The compromise that most likely saved the nation from breaking back
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AP US History Even though compromises and agreements look straight forward‚ the parties involved usually have ulterior motives. The Compromise of 1877 was consisted of a few main point. It called for the withdrawal of all federal troops from the South‚ supported internal improvements in the South and promised to appoint at least one Southerner to the cabinet. Also it gave conservative Southern Democrats some control over their local patronage and gave the South a free hand in race relations
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Compromise of 1877 The compromise of 1877 was a few promises that were made by the Republics to the Democrats. Among these promises were to remove military from South‚ Appoint a Democrat to cabinet ‚ and Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river. But the promise that affected the Environment and Geography was the promise for federal money for construction of a railroad and levees on the Mississippi river. That promise would require a lot of steel which would contribute
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vice for freed slaves who remained in the South and wished to politically organize themselves. The creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau was able to assist the emancipated slaves intended to serve as a sort of welfare agency. However‚ with the Compromise of 1877‚ these reforms were mostly eradicated and the ideals for equal rights among races wouldn’t return to the premise of American history for another century. After the publishing
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Compromise of 1877 The Compromise of 1877 showed the end of reconstruction. Reconstruction was a failure because the United States had failed to Economically get the south back up on its feet. Also It failed in because Harper Rutherford became president and new government approach was made. Appointing a new democrat to the cabinet was one of the deals of the Compromise of 1877. When the Compromise of 1877 happened Redeemers resumed political control of the south continuing to treat the blacks badly
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Describe the characteristics and explain the causes‚ of tsunamis. (8 marks) A Tsunami is a large and potentially destructive sea wave often produced by a submarine earthquake‚ subsidence or an underwater volcanic eruption. They occur when a large volume of water is displaced in the ocean. The characteristics of tsunamis differ slightly from normal sea waves. For one‚ they often have extremely long wave lengths‚ in deep water an initial wavelength can be up to 100km. Their amplitude contrasts with
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authority and respect from the people of England. Therefore‚ the English reformation was mainly caused by the king’s emotional life. In 1527‚ King Henry requested an annulment from Pope Clement‚ claiming that his marriage with Catherine of Aragon would cause a civil war because a woman would inherit the throne. When the pope refused to grant Henry an annulment‚ Henry issued the Act in Restraint of Appeals which said that the king was the supreme judicial authority in England. This established the crown
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It was the best of times; it was the worst of times The causes and results of the Reconstruction Era The reevaluation that America faced during the Reconstruction era was a result of a tumultuous political epoch‚ a social caste-system already established in the south‚ and a period of economic distress and uncertainty. The political constituencies in both the north and the south proved to be in a constant contestment for power; as the era continued‚ the corruption and dislike
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