Answer:
It encouraged southern states to support Hayes.
Explanation:
The Compromise of 1877 resolved the disputed 1876 election between Samuel Tilden and Rutherford Hayes. In the agreement, Democrats (that were the majority in the Southern states) agreed that Hayes could become the President in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from the South and granted home rule in the South.
This was a major turn point in American political history, ending the Reconstruction era.