<Li> The construction of another transcontinental railroad using the Texas and Pacific in the South (this had been part of the "Scott Plan," proposed by Thomas A. Scott of the Pennsylvania Railroad; he had initiated negotiations resulting in the final compromise). </Li> <Li> Legislation to help industrialize the South and restore its economy following Reconstruction and the Civil War . </Li> <Li> The right to deal with blacks without northern interference . </Li> <P> In exchange, Democrats would accept the Republican Hayes as president by not employing the filibuster during the joint session of Congress needed to confirm the election . </P>

Describe how the compromise of 1877 brought an end to reconstruction