What term of the Compromise of 1877 convinced Southerners to accept the decision to award the election to Rutherford B. Hayes?
A) Republicans agreed to nominate a different candidate during the next presidential election, rather than supporting an incumbent Hayes.
B) Republicans agreed that Southern states could limit the number of African Americans able to settle in their states over a given period of time.
C) Republicans agreed to the removal of federal troops from the South, allowing white Southerners to regain control of state governments.
D) Republicans agreed to allow Southern states to immediately rejoin the Union without ratifying the Reconstruction Amendments.