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So I'm reading up on this Compromise, and have a question. Apparently, various powerful men in the US feared the "Mexicanization" of American politics, where violence would be used to settle elections on federal and state levels. I suppose these fears were somewhat justified, as violence had broken out in the South over elections since the end of the Civil War. Anyways, if the Compromise had not been hammered out, what effects are possible? The Republican Party losing some votes in a tired North? Democrats becoming more violent? Hayes not being elected?
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