To make more profit, expand in mercantilism, and gain more raw materials for manufactured goods :)
The stock market crash caused everyone to take the money out of banks, but he banks were running out. the reason for this was because the money left in stocks lost value.
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.