The correct answer among the choices is lingua franca. In multilingual
societies and populations, a lingua franca is adopted as a medium of
communication between people with different vernacular languages. Countries
like India and the Philippines with a post-colonial past and a plethora of
local languages use English as their lingua franca, for example.
Answer:
3rd option
Explanation:
"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."
All Christians, but no one else were the group allowed to practice their religion beliefs freely in Maryland.