Question

In return for helping Rutherford B. Hayes win the presidency, the

Republicans promised the Democrats that
(A) they would stop enforcing laws that suppressed activities of the Ku
Klux Klan
(B) they would repeal the 1875 Civil Rights Act
(C) the occupation of the South by federal troops would be ended
(D) the U.S. Treasury would adopt a policy of bimetallism to help
Southern farmers
(E) the practice of separate but equal would be upheld

Answer 1

In return for helping Rutherford B. Hayes win the presidency, the Republicans promised the Democrats that "(C) the occupation of the South by federal troops would be ended," since many democrats viewed this as an intrusion on state's rights.