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Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for giving the southern Democrats control of the House.
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for withdrawing federal troops from the South.
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for adding a southern majority to the Senate.
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for adding five southern Supreme Court justices.
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The correct answer is: Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was elected President in return for withdrawing federal troops from the South.
This compromise was part of the deal that effectively ended Reconstruction by allowing Hayes to assume the presidency while agreeing to remove federal troops from the South, which led to the end of federal intervention and allowed Southern states to regain local control.
