How was the silk road impacted by the fall of the two empires

Which of the following are details about the compromise of 1877? election results in a couple of states were in dispute and too close to call. samuel tilden would be given the win in exchange for the removal of federal troops. the presidential election was close between rutherford hayes and ulysses grant. it was agreed troops would leave the south in exchange for a hayes victory.

Monopolies were legal in the united states until a)the 1860s. b)the 1870s. c)the 1880s. d)the 1890s.

During the age of imperialism, suez canal connected which two bodies of water?