Agriculture was key to the development of modern "civilization" because by being able to grow food rather than getting it through trade or hunting, people were able to stay in one place instead of having to be where the food was. This also led to jobs because people became highly skilled in growing crops.
An informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877, which awarded all 20 electoral votes to Hayes; in return for the Democrats' acquiescence to Hayes' election, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction