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What were the terms of the Compromise of 1877?
  1. Republicans kept control of the White House and agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South.
  2. Republicans kept control of the White House, but gave Democrats full control of Congress.
  3. Republicans lost control of the White House, but were allowed to keep federal troops in the South.
  4. Republicans lost control of the White House, but gained control of Congress.
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Answer - A - The terms of the Compromise of 1877 were that the Republicans kept control of the White House and agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South.

Key Takeaway: The end of Reconstruction was a very slow and gradual process. The Southern Democrats slowly regained power, but neither their candidate, Samuel Tilden, nor the Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes, received the required number of electoral votes to win the presidential election of 1876.

Under the terms of the Compromise of 1877-also known as the Hayes-Tilden Compromise-Rutherford B. Hayes would occupy the White House if the Republicans withdrew federal troops from the South. Everyone agreed on the terms, thus ending Reconstruction.
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