How did the election of 1876 result in a constitutional crisis?

A. There were four states whose electoral votes were in dispute due to accusations of fraud. The Constitution did not include a procedure for resolving such disputes.

B. There were four states whose electoral votes could not be included in the certification of results because the electors in those states had not been certified in the Electoral College.

C. The two candidates protested the handling of electoral vote distribution and the Constitution did not have a procedure for handling those types of disputes.

D. The Constitution did not provide a solution for handling a tie in electoral votes, and because the results were going to be even, Congress had to find a way to compromise.

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10 September, 04:43

How did the election of 1876 result in a constitutional crisis?

A. There were four states whose electoral votes were in dispute due to accusations of fraud. The Constitution did not include a procedure for resolving such disputes.

B. There were four states whose electoral votes could not be included in the certification of results because the electors in those states had not been certified in the Electoral College.

C. The two candidates protested the handling of electoral vote distribution and the Constitution did not have a procedure for handling those types of disputes.

D. The Constitution did not provide a solution for handling a tie in electoral votes, and because the results were going to be even, Congress had to find a way to compromise.

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Eleanor Wiley · Answer 1

The correct answer is A) There were four states whose electoral votes were in dispute due to accusations of fraud. The Constitution did not include a procedure for resolving such disputes.

The election of 1876 resulted in a constitutional crisis in that there were four states whose electoral votes were in dispute due to accusations of fraud. The Constitution did not include a procedure for resolving such disputes.

The Presidential Election of 1876 in the United States ended up being one of the most disputed in the history of the country. Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden led Hayes by 260,000 in the popular votes over Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes. He also had 184 electoral votes and needed one to win the election. But what happened was that the 20 electoral votes that belonged to the states of Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina were in dispute by both parties. And in the state of Oregon, one elector was declared illegal. Finally, after a legal battle between Republicans and Democrats, Congress created a commission called Electoral Commission that gave the victory to Hayes on March 1877.

Clark Pena · Answer 2

1876 Presidential Election. The United States presidential election of 1876 was one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history. Samuel J. Tilden of New York outpolled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes' 165, with 20 votes uncounted.

So your answer would be D!