Explain the compromise of 1877. what was the compromise and what did it end?

What made the Compromise of 1877 unique was that it took place after the Civil War, and was thus an attempt to prevent a second outbreak of violence. The other compromises, the Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), were all intended to avoid Civil War.

The Compromise of 1877 was also unusual. It was primarily worked out behind the scenes and with virtually no written record.

The timing of the agreement was prompted by the disputed presidential election of 1876. The Democrats in Congress held a meeting in early 1877 and agreed not to interfere with a plan that would have Congress decided the outcome of the election.

The Compromise of 1877 actually went beyond the settlement of the disputed election. It also was intended to provide financial subsidies to the South, although that did not come to pass.

Historians have noted that the Compromise of 1877 marked a turn in policy.