History Of President Hayes Presidency

In this lesson, different presidents are introduced, many of which I do not believe I have heard of. President Hayes term was from 1776-1880, following him came: Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley, and Roosevelt. During Hayes presidency, the railroad strike of 1887 happened, rioting and destruction of property was the result of this first interstate riot. Garfield was elected President in 1880, unfortunately he became our second President to be assassinated, thus he never got a chance to make a difference. His Vice-President Arthur took over, from 1881-1884, he was considered a good president. Himself and Congress passed two new legislations. One was to get rid of the spoils system and instead, have citizens take a test and whoever is the most qualified, gets the job.
The other one was the Chinese Exclusion Act which only remained until 1943. Cleveland is the only President who was in office two terms, not back to back, Harrison took office in between Cleveland's terms. The McKinley Tariff of 1890, the Sherman Silver-Purchase Act of 1890, and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890, were all created under Harrison's presidency with the help of Congress. A new political party emerged in 1892, it was called the People's Party aka the Populists. During this same time, another depression occurred as well as another strike in 1894. McKinley is the next President with much on his plate to try to become the greatest world power. McKinley was assassinated in 1901 and Teddy Roosevelt is his successor. This lesson covers a great deal of different presidents, with three resulting in death by assassination, I am anxious to learn more about the events surrounding their