Question

What were the main issues surrounding the election of 1876? did the compromise of 1877 resolve those issues?

Answer 1

The Compromise of 1876 effectively ended the Reconstruction era. Southern Democrats' promises to protect civil and political rights of blacks were not kept, and the end of federal interference in southern affairs led to widespread disenfranchisement of blacks voters.The Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten deal, informally arranged among U.S. Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ending the Reconstruction Era.

Answer 2

At the time of the election of 1876, there were three states who hadn't rejoined the Union yet. There was tie between Hayes and Tilden, so both candidates sent representative to collect the states ballot. However, all three states sent back both a democratic and a republican ballot; therefore the tie remained and a compromise was created. The Compromise of 1877 resolved the problem of who would be president, but it also ended the era of Reconstruction in the S