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During the Depression of 1873, what happened to wages for workers in the South?
Wages plummeted
What impact did the Depression of 1873 have on the laboring class in the North?
It crushed them
Why did the Democrats take control of the House of Representatives after the 1874 elections?
Due to scandals in the Grant Administration
What was the Mississippi Plan?
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Which state's Republican governor pleaded for federal intervention to stop the violence of the Mississippi Plan?
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What was Rutherford B. Hayes' focus during his Ohio gubernatorial campaign?
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Which three states would determine the president in the 1876 election?
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According to the text, what was the outcome of the Compromise of 1877?
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What effect did the Compromise of 1877 have on the political situation in the South?
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What did the federal special electoral commission vote in favor of?
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Why did Democrats threaten to boycott Hayes's inauguration?
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What did white conservatives do during Reconstruction?
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What did Republicans no longer have after 1877?
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What was the impact of the Compromise of 1877 on African Americans in the South?
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What were the unmet promises of Reconstruction?
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