I'm having trouble finding were in the text it answers the question. The paragraph you should use is Brownlow Declares Martial Law.

When analyzing the election of 1876, what conclusion can be drawn? a. a majority of northerners wanted to enforce reconstruction policies more stringently. b.if tilden had won the electoral votes from louisiana, florida, or south carolina, he would have been elected president. c.the republican party had increased its support in the south. d.rutherford hayes did poorly in the western states. e.the republican party did a good job protecting the voting rights of african-americans in mississippi.