ARTHUR 



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ARTHUR 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON 

 CHESTER A. ARTHUR 



Outline 



I. Early Life 



(1) Birth and parentage 



(2) Education 



(3) Practice of law 



(4) Defense of negroes 



II. Political Career 



( 1 ) Collector of the port of New York 



(2) Opposition to civil service reform 



(3) Republican national convention of 1880 



(4) Elected Vice-President 



III. \ilini ni HI nil ion 



(1) Legislation 



(a) Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 



(b) Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act, 

 1882 



(c) Tariff Act of 1883 



(d) Pendleton Civil Service Act, 1883 



(2) Other governmental affairs 



(a) Alaska made a territory 



(b) Bureau of Labor organized 



(c) Two-cent postage adopted 



(d) Standard Time system introduced 



(3) Other events 



(a) Three transcontinental railways 

 completed 



(b) American Red Cross Society 

 formed 



(c) Brooklyn Bridge built 



(d) Deaths of Emerson and Longfel- 

 low 



(e) Prosperity of the South 



1. Atlanta Cotton Exposition 



2. New Orleans Cotton Centen- 

 nial Exposition 



(4) Election of 1884 



(a) Candidates 



(b) Issues 



(c) Result 



Questions 



Why was it easier to get from the eastern to the western coast of the United 

 States at the close of Arthur's administration than at the beginning? 



What was the "spoils system" of which he was an advocate during his early 

 political career? 



What reform undertook to do away with it? 



Why was Arthur chosen for Vice-President? 



What tendencies of the time were shown by the Rivers and Harbors Act and 

 how did the President regard the act? 



What two measures were introduced by the Postoffice Department during this 

 administration? Have they proved successful? 



How did the elections of 1882 and 1884 express the country's opinions? 



Did the President's party control Congress? 



How did he attract public attention during his term as Vice-President? 



Why was Alaska called "Seward's Folly"? 



What step was taken during this administration in regard to Alaska, and was it 

 considered a great event? 



What was the most important measure passed by Congress at this time? 



How did the story of Arthur's fatlu-r iinun m ih, campaign of 1880? 



What was done to the tariff in this administration? 



What labor law did President Arthur sign? 



How many men besides Arthur ever became President without having been 

 I to that office? Who were they? 



What showed the prosperity of the South during this administration? 



What "wonder of the world" was completed during Arthur's term? 



