How did southern leaders react to Rutherford B. Hayes's candidacy in the election of 1876? Question 8 options:

They supported him because they wanted to re-write their own state constitutions

They supported him because he fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War

Most opposed him because most of them were Democrats and they were reluctant to vote for a Republican

They opposed him because he was known to be loyal to Great Britain

Question 9 (1 point)
What was a result of the election of 1876?

Question 9 options:

Hayes won election easily, showing that there was a large amount of public support for continuing Reconstruction efforts

Hayes lost the popular and electoral vote but the South allowed him to be president if southern states were allowed to keep slavery

Hayes won the popular vote and electoral vote by small margins, forcing him to create a blockade around the southern coast of the U. S.

Hayes and the Republicans won after compromising with the Democrats that they would remove federal troops from the South

Question 10 (1 point)
What was a result of the removal of federal troops from the South?

Question 10 options:

Southern Democratic leaders took control of state legislatures and passed segregation laws

Southern Republicans allowed Democrats to put some former Confederate leaders in prison

Southern Republicans took over state governments and used state militia to enforce Reconstruction laws

Southern state legislatures rewrote their constitutions to allow enslavement