Answer:
(A) The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal that resolved the disputed 1876 presidential election between Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden and the Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. The terms where that Hayes would become president in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from the South and the granting of home rule in the South. The withdrawal of federal troops from Louisiana and South Carolina formally ended the Reconstruction Era.
(B) The Compromise of 1877 had a major effect on the former slaves. There was a dispute over electoral votes in the election of 1876. The South agreed to let the Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes, win the election in order to get federal troops out of the South that were enforcing Reconstruction. This should have been a sign that the southerners were planning to make major changes once Reconstruction ended.
