What compromise occurred after the presidential election of 1876?

• A. The Democratic Party agreed to accept Republican presidency in exchange for federal subsidies to the South.
• B. Republican Rutherford B. Hayes received electoral votes in exchange for troop withdrawal from Southern states.
• C. The North pledged to finance Reconstruction's continuation indefinitely.
• D. A new constitutional amendment guaranteed Black voting rights.

Answer: (B)

The situation tests understanding of how Reconstruction ended. After the messy 1876 election, a backroom deal resolved the dispute by giving Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for a pullback of federal forces from the South. In practice, this means federal troops were withdrawn from Southern states, and federal enforcement of Reconstruction ended. That withdrawal allowed white Southern governments to regain control and curtailed federal protection for newly freed Black Americans, signaling the end of Reconstruction.

The other choices don’t fit because there was no agreement to subsidize the South, no pledge to finance Reconstruction indefinitely, and no new constitutional amendment guaranteeing Black voting rights as part of this deal.