Question

Results of the Election of 1876 Which statements best describe consequences of the election of 1876? Select the two correct answers. A. It led to the creation of an Electoral Commission to decide the disputed election. B. It led to an agreement to replace the sharecropping system in the South. C. It led to ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by the required number of states. D. It led to a compromise to end military occupation of former Confederate states. E. It led to passage of a law giving Native Americans voting rights in federal elections.

Answer 1

The two correct answers that best describe the consequences of the election of 1876 are:

A. It led to the creation of an Electoral Commission to decide the disputed election.
D. It led to a compromise to end military occupation of former Confederate states.

These statements reflect the significant outcomes of the election, where the results were highly contested, leading to the formation of the Electoral Commission, and resulting in the Compromise of 1877, which effectively ended Reconstruction and led to the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.