<Li> The removal of all U.S. military forces from the former Confederate states . At the time, U.S. troops remained in only Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida, but the Compromise completed their withdrawal from the region . </Li> <Li> The appointment of at least one Southern Democrat to Hayes' cabinet . (David M. Key of Tennessee was appointed as Postmaster General .) </Li> <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>

Who was involved in the compromise of 1877