OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON RUTHERFORD B. 



HAYES 



Outline 



I. Years of Preparation 



( 1 ) Birth and parentage 



(2) Education 



(3) Legal practice 



II. Military and Political Career 



(1 ) At South Mountain 



(2) In Shenandoah campaign 

 (a) Personal daring 



( 3 ) Promotion 



(4) As representative in Congress 



(5) As governor of Ohio 



(a) His excellent record 



(b) Advocacy of "honest money" 



(6) Presidential election of 1876 



(a) Charges of fraud 



(b) Choice of Hayes by Electoral Col- 



mission 



III. His Administration 



(1) End of Reconstruction Era 



(a) Disputed elections in Southern 



states 



(b) Federal troops withdrawn 



(c) Movement of negroes into North- 



ern and Western states 



(2) Labor troubles 



(a) Financial depression 



(b) Railroad strikes 



(c) Miners' strikes 



1. The Molly Maguires 



(d) Knights of Labor 



(e) The Grange 



(3) Financial reform 



(a) Resumption of specie payments 



(b) Bland-Allison Act 



1. Passed over President's veto 



(4) Other important events 



(a) Attempts at Civil Service Reform 



(b) Chinese Exclusion Act 



(c) Atlantic fisheries dispute settled 



(d) Mississippi River improvements 



completed 



(e) Life-saving service organized 



(5) Election of 1880 



(a) Issues 



(b) Candidates 



(c) Result 



IV. Later Years, and Character 



( 1 ) Interest in reforms 



(2) Honors 



(3) Estimate of character 



Questions 



What was the "negro exodus," and what caused it? 



What great tribute did an ex-President pay to Hayes? 



What was "carpetbag" government, and when was it discontinued? 



Describe one act of great daring performed by Hayes. 



What appointment made by Hayes showed that North and South were coming 

 into closer accord? 



What shows his attitude toward his own contested election?' 



Why was he not in favor of a Chinese Exclusion Act? 



What brought about the disputes over the election of 1876? How were they 

 settled? 



Why did not Hayes approve of the Bland- Allison Act? 



How did the youth of Hayes differ from that of Lincoln? 



How many ballots were taken before Hayes was nominated for the Presidency? 



Who were the Molly Maguires and what were their methods? 



To what characteristic did Hayes really owe his election? 



What showed his personal popularity at the time of his election to the gover- 

 norship? 



What bad effects did his Presidential administration feel of troubles in a former 

 administration? 



