Author Question: The major electoral problem in the 1876 presidential election centered on a. who would be Speaker ... (Read 28 times)

krzymel · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The major electoral problem in the 1876 presidential election centered on

a. who would be Speaker of the House.
b. the two sets of different election returns, one Democratic, and one Republican, submitted by Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana.
c. Samuel Tilden's association with corrupt politicians of the Northeast.
d. President Grant's campaign for a third term.
e. Rutherford Hayes's controversial ties to U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling and the Stalwarts.

Question 2

One of the most farsighted provisions of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

a. set aside a section of each township for education.
b. abolished slavery in all of the United States.
c. prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest.
d. kept power in the national government.
e. established a commission to determine the extent of a need for a Bill of Rights.