In order to end the impasse over the 1876 presidential elections, the Republicans agreed to
a. pardon all Confederate officers
b. let the Democrats choose the new secretaries of war and state
c. extend money to help the South rebuild
d. end Reconstruction by withdrawing all Union troops from the South
e. suspend the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
Answer: d. end Reconstruction by withdrawing all Union troops from the South
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