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What was the significance of the 1876 election? a)The results marked the beginning of segregation. b)The results marked the end of Reconstruction. c)The results marked the end of segregation. d)The results marked the beginning of Reconstruction.

Sagot :

B. The results marked the end of Reconstruction.

Answer:

b)The results marked the end of Reconstruction.

Explanation:

The presidential elections of 1876 were the most disputed and intense in the electoral history of the United States of America. Samuel J. Tilden of New York, defeated the Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes, originally from Ohio, in the popular vote. Thus, Tilden would receive 184 electoral votes against 165 of Hayes, but 20 votes were not counted, and were in dispute, and came from the states of Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina. Each party declared its voters as winners, but in Ohio a Democratic elector was dismissed from his position for holding a public office. Finally, Hayes assumed the presidency on March 4, 1877.