Question

What deal did congressional Democrats and Republicans make regarding the outcome of the presidential election of 1876? The president would be a Democrat, and the vice president would be a Republican. The president would be a Republican, and the vice president would be a Democrat. The president would be a Democrat, and federal troops would be removed from the South. The president would be a Republican, and federal troops would be removed from the South.

Answer 1

The deal that congressional Democrats and Republicans made regarding the outcome of the presidential election of 1876 was that the president would be a Republican, and federal troops would be removed from the South. This agreement was part of the Compromise of 1877, which resolved the disputed election in favor of Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from Southern states, effectively ending Reconstruction.