Which president's election in 1876 marked the end of congressional reconstruction and protection of former slaves' civil rights in the south?

a.
rutherford b. hayes

b.
ulysses grant

c.
chester a. arthur

d.
andrew johnson

What was the national government’s biggest concern if facing a war, under the articles of confederation? the national government had no national military. the country had grown too large to defend with a small army. the states would not back the federal government. there was no way the states would pay for fighting a war.