Answer:
President Hayes and the Compromise of 1877
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Explanation:
The Compromise of 1877 was an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era.
<span>They would want to expand east+south because it would be hard to expand the other directions through deserts and mountains.
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