The "compromise of 1877" regarding the election dispute between hayes and tilden is best characterized by which of these facts? a) hayes was accepted as president and he appointed a democrat to be his vice-president. b) the democrats accepted hayes in exchange for being able to appoint the next supreme court justice. c) the compromise failed and in a bitterly fought battle the house of representatives elected hayes as president. d) southern democrats wanted federal troops withdrawn from the south and voting rights of the freedmen decided by state governments.