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What Did The End Of The Reconstruction Happened?

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Kyera Dancy
Mr.Stanley
American History
9 January 2017
Rutherford B. Hayes Who is Rutherford B. Hayes? What did he do while in office? How well did he work with congress? How well did he work with foreign countries? How well did he help the American people? Did he keep the economy ordered and organized? Hayes was the 19th President of the United States, he only served one term as president from 1877 to 1881. He was involved in the ending of the reconstruction, the Dawes Act, The Great Railroad Strike, Colombia and the Monroe Doctrine, etc. Hayes tried to do things he thought was good for this country but little did he know it made things worst than what they already were. The ending of the reconstruction happened because of …show more content…

Baltimore and Ohio railroad workers went on strike because the companies had reduced workers wages twice over the previous year. The strikers refused to let the trains to run until the most recent pay cut was returned to the employees, so West Virginia militia was sent they refused to intervene. The strike took over Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, St. Louis and Missouri had gained control. Hayes sent federal troops which ended the strike. The role that Hayes played in this event was Leader of the economy, Commander in Chief and Chief Executive because he had to take control of the strike so he can bring peace to his country and to show people had everything in control. In 1876, Roscoe Conkling aspired to the Republican Nomination but Conkling did not assist the party, so Hayes wanted revenge by investigating the New York Custom House, seat of Conkling’s power. This enraged the Republican Conkling and his supporters (the stalwarts). The role that Hayes played in this event was Chief Administrator because he wanted to check and see if anyone was doing scandalous things while in the customs houses and he wanted to see if anyone was up to something that was right. The Bland - Allison Act of 1878 is an act of United States Congress it required the U.S Treasury to buy a certain amount of silver and put it into circulation as silver

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