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What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1877?

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The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ending the Reconstruction Era.

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